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February 7, 2016
(c) Jacqueline Lara “Happiness is a decision–it starts inside, and what and who you surround yourself with impacts this.” Lashawnda Becoats #MyHappyIs Is the inner dialogue cycling through your mind negative or positive? “My Happy Is” explores how various people define …
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2014
Events, Inspiration, News and Artists
Re-post from our sister site, Mpact PR, LLC On Saturday, August 30, Daisha and Alicia Graf Arts Collective, aka, D(n)A Arts, held a successful, second “Made to Move” 1-Day Intensive in New York City. Eighty students attended from places as …
Read MoreJuly 3, 2014
Our five-year-old has been participating in Connect with Art summer camp, and we have been amazed with the artwork he’s creating! He usually has paint on his forehead or chalk on his shirt when he comes home, so I was thinking …
Read MoreJune 15, 2014
By Jacqueline Lara of The ArtFullness Project I had the opportunity to take a dance class taught by Master dance legend Ione Nash this past Friday. She was in town from Philadelphia, and when Martha Peterson told me about her …
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2014
Arts Integration, Culture, Inspiration
Hip-hop is unique in that it transcends gender, age, ethnic backgrounds, and can be a powerful tool for teaching educational concepts. Jake “2Pi” Scott of 2 Pi Productions produced this “Pythagorean Theorem” rap with Ernesto Lara: And, watch how cross-cultural …
Read MoreTags: bilingual, Culture, Dominican Republic, education, empowerment, hip-hop, Spanish, STEM, video
January 10, 2014
As a native East African born in Uganda and raised in the U.S., I can decisively say that the arts laid a solid foundation for the strong sense of identity and self confidence I have developed as an adult. …
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2014
This summer, I traveled with my family to Uganda for my sister’s wedding. From the pre-wedding introduction (kwanjula) to the actual ceremony, dancing and movement were a consistent theme throughout the festivities. In the clip below, the dancers at the …
Read MoreTags: celebration, dance, East African dance, empowerment, movement, Uganda
January 9, 2014
Friday, October 18, 2013, was my first time watching the Brown Girls Burlesque (BGB) Lovelies perform. In my previous post, I mentioned that my friend and NY-based PR partner Janna Zinzi is part of the troupe, but the stars never …
Read MoreTags: Brown Girls Burlesque, burlesque, class, dance, empowerment, New York, passion, Washington, women, women of color, workshops
January 9, 2014
Arts in the Workplace, Classes & Workshops, Events
West African Dance Class March and April 2013 University of Maryland College Park, MD Brown Girls Burlesque Workshop Saturday, October 19, 2013 Dance Exchange Takoma Park, MD Improv Workshop for Creative Professionals Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Creative Colony Silver Spring, MD Improv …
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