Connecting Through Color Workshop

Connecting Through Color, 2022
Collage, construction paper, glue, felt tip marker, 30 11 x 17 in. images reprinted on two 36 x 84 in. panels

The product of a workshop led by Sharmistha Ray, Brooklyn-based QTPOC/nonbinary artist, arts writer, and educator sharmistharay.com, this collaborative large-scale art piece connects past NYU Reads titles: Klara and the Sun, Braiding Sweetgrass, Just Mercy, Exit West, and Educated. Ray's workshop used the principles of hope, grounding, and connection and a process called White Light Meditation to explore the ways in which collaboration can help foster community through making art collectively. Participants were guided to think about how color resides in our bodies and can be activated for healing.

Connecting Through Color Workshop Participants & Coordinators Aradhita Bhandari Aruzhan Yerlankyzy Caroline Chou Chenshu Yuan Christine Thomas Claudia Kim Cynthia Xia Eric Glickman Fangyi Wang Ghana Shyam Bandi Hazara Leon In Kwon Chung Jacob Newstrom Kye Jin Lee Louis Lu Marquisha Lu Matías Gallegos Ruiz Mojgan Aghaeimeybodi Natalia Hernandez Pardo Noa Garfinkel Noor Jones-Bey Nurdan Turan Rishik Mishra Rithika Repakula Victoria Scott Yizhe Zhu Yuqi Victoria Xiao Farha Najah Hussain Sharmistha Ray C. Adeja Sterling Graceelaine F. Osborne Elizabeth Verrelli Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz Roxane Pickens

This workshop was made possible through the generosity of NYU Division of Libraries and NYU Reads, Office of the Provost.