Mapping Our Streets, will be a drop-in collage workshop using sourced Philly street maps as a base to build upon how we experience our neighborhoods in the present, and what we hope to see in the future. This Family Day activity is drawing inspiration from our NextFab x DVAA Artist in Residence, Yannick Lowery's exhibition and public art projects "Addressing the Future", where he asks...How do you envision sustainable and equitable spaces in the future of this city? Is time shaping us? Or are we shaping the time? How will we raise the bar for community?

When registering, if it's within your means, please consider a donation when registering through Eventbrite to help us cover the expenses of this workshop. The cost to run this workshop works out to be $10 per person.

Taught by DVAA Education Coordinator Jillian M Rock

Jillian M Rock is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia. Her teaching artist practice is centered in creating curricula around social justice, identity, and creating an experience that deepens community and encourages expression individually and most importantly collectively. She currently has a teaching residency with The Print Center and Fleisher Art Memorial.  She is the owner of Rock Press, a Black woman run printing press aimed at amplifying access to the creation and dissemination of artists’ books, printed matter, and programming. As well as, a co-founder of Collaborative Rising, an arts organization centered in providing access to a variety of programming, across all mediums and abilities by nurturing exploration through the arts. Rock is currently a part of the 2024/2025 artist cohort at Cherry Street Pier and a fellow with Mural Arts Fellowship for Black Artists.

This event is presented in partnership with Da Vinci Art Alliance’s Everyday Futures Fest. DVAA’s month-long art and sustainability festival includes all-ages programming throughout Philadelphia for the month of April. For a complete list of events, please visit the www.EverydayFuturesFest.org website.