Jewish Arts Collaborative: Be The Change

Written By Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her/hers)

Tran’s Be the Change piece.

This piece is inspired by a peace/healing garden. Amidst all that’s happening in our communities and world surrounding the pandemic and mental health struggle, the need for healing and renewal is more urgent than ever.

For my partner, I will be collaborating with a collective of lightworkers and learners called Connecting Vietnam. I have been connecting with them on issues of healing and reconciliation on war, trauma and memories. We are working on the theme of journeying and pilgrimage and so I am interested in co-facilitating with them on a virtual event sometime in late August or September to share our experiences and modalities of holding space.

Be The Change: Jewishly Inspired Public Art Movement

Be the Change is a 2022-2023 art and activism initiative that is inspired by the Jewish tenet of justice and drawing from the ritualistic Jewish Tzedakah box. Taking place in Boston, Cincinnati, L.A., and online, Be the Change will help viewers connect to issues of injustice and empower them to become agents of change.

Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her/hers)

A 1.5-generation Vietnamese-American multimedia artist whose socially engaged practice draws from her experience as an organizer, educator, and healer. Tran threads her social practice through photography, painting, sculpture and audio so that her art can resonate and engage audience with intentionality. Her work evokes discourse of familial ties, memories and rituals amongst themes of social justice and intersectionality. Tran works across borders and is based in Boston's Dorchester community.

https://www.tranvuarts.com
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