Ep 6: Co-Creating Imagination and Joy with Yazmany Arboleda

<p><strong>During this episode of </strong><em><strong>Why Change?</strong></em><strong> co-hosts Madeleine and Jeff discuss politics and how to increase civic engagement through the arts. Madeleine interviews Yazmany Arboleda, who is New York City’s artist in residence for civic engagement; they discuss practical strategies for co-creating imagination, joy, social action, and more.</strong></p> <p><strong>In this episode you’ll learn:</strong></p> <ol> <li><strong>How you can increase civic participation through the arts;<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>Youth and artist led projects intersecting culture and civics; and<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>The importance of language in co-creating imagination and joy.</strong></li> </ol> <p><strong>Can you find the resources mentioned in this episode and the transcript </strong><a href="https://creative-generation.org/podcast-episodes/co-creating-imagination-and-joy-with-yazmany-arboleda"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong>ABOUT YAZMANY ARBOLEDA: A Colombian American artist based in New York City. An architect by training, Yazmany’s practice focuses on creating “Living Sculptures,” people coming together to transform the world through co-creation. Over the past two decades he has created public art projects with communities in India, Japan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Afghanistan, Spain, Colombia and the United States.</strong></p> <p><strong>He has collaborated with Carnegie Hall, the Yale School of Management, and BRIC among others. He is currently the artist in residence at </strong><a href="https://www.integratenyc.org/"><strong>IntegrateNYC</strong></a><strong> and the associate director of communications for </strong><a href="https://astep.org/"><strong>Artists Striving To End Poverty</strong></a><strong>. He is a cofounder of </strong><a href="http://limeshift.com/"><strong>limeSHIFT</strong></a><strong>, the </strong><a href="https://www.bricartsmedia.org/artist-opportunities/community-initiatives/future-historical-society"