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UPComing Events 

StitchCast Studio Special Edition – The WHY of MY City Releases – Major podcast platforms

 

Story Stitchers work from Perception Isn’t Always Reality, created in 2022 to bolster vaccine confidence with support from the CDC Foundation, is featured in an exhibition at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta GA 30329.

The exhibition is on view November 25, 2022 – August 2023.

SAFE! Team

Coming to Schools this fall!

Inquire at Storystitchers@gmail.com

SPECIAL EVENTS

ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM

SAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS

Family Sunday performances in association with  the exhibition The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

in the Gary Simmons Garage Lab

Sunday, August 27, 2023 (2:00 & 3:00)

Sunday, September 10, 2023 (2:00-4:00)

Sunday, October 1, 2023 (2:00 and 3:00)

Sunday, December 10, 2023 (1:00)

Free and open to the public

Sunday, August 27, 2023

2:00 and 3:00

ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM

in the Gary Simmons Garage Lab

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective,  DJ UP, a new DJ + Dance premiere performance celebrating Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary (as part of Family Sunday)

Educator Open House for “The Culture: Hip Hop in Contemporary Art”

SAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS

at SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM

One Fine Arts Dr
St. Louis, MO 63110

Saturday, September 9, 2023

1:00-4:00 PM

Educator Open House for “The Culture: Hip Hop in Contemporary Art”

12:30 pm: Registration opens in the Farrell Auditorium Lobby (registration will be open for the entirety of the event. Please visit this table for exhibition tickets and other information)

1 pm: Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artist Collective will speak on their high quality art and youth violence prevention programs in the Farrell Auditorium

2- 4 pm: Drop-in beat making with Saint Louis Story Stitchers producers in the Student Gallery

Free and open to the public

This Open House is designed for teachers to learn about the exhibition The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century and discover programs, opportunities, and resources for connecting students with the exhibition and the broader canon of hip hop and contemporary art.

The Open House will include visits to the exhibition, art-making activities, talks, performances, and hands-on opportunities led by local artists, organizations, and students. This is a drop in style event so participants are welcome to come for a portion or stay for the entire event.

 

Saturday, September 9, 2023

27th Annual SLACO Regional Neighborhood Conference

1:30 Performance

Saint Louis Community College

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Beat Making 2:00-4:00

ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM

in the Gary Simmons Garage Lab

Saturday, September 16, 2023

OVP Kickback

Event 2:00-6:00

SAFE! Team 3:30

DJ UP 4:30

Columbus Square Park
16 Columbus Square Dr, Saint Louis, MO 63101

Presenting Partner the City of St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention

Story Stitchers Pick the City UP performances are supported in part by

the Regional Arts Commission

 

September 24, 2023

5TH ANNUAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS DAY

SAINT LOUIS ZOO

SAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS

PEACE IN THE PRAIRIE

NOON AND 1:00

Performances

Schnuck Family Plaza

PEACE IN THE PRAIRIE FOR ALL AGES

SCREENING IN THE LIVING WORLD AUDITORIUM

SAINT LOUIS ZOO

10:00-3:00

PEACE IN THE PRAIRIE BOOTH

Schnuck Family Plaza

SAINT LOUIS ZOO

10:00-3:00

September 30, 2023

5:00-9:00

Art Exhibition

Journey to Healing: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Performance

6:00

Connor Auditorium

Farrell Teaching and Learning Center

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Free and open to the public with Registration below

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Sunday, October 1, 2023

Peace in the Prairie

Spoken Word Storytelling 2:00 and 3:00

ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM

in the Gary Simmons Garage Lab

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Pick the City UP on

National  Night Out!

4:00-7:00

5:00 Story Stitchers performance

Beckett Park

1200-1246 N Taylor Ave, St. Louis, MO 63113

6:00 Story Stitchers performance

Herbert & Grand with Great Rivers Greenway

Story Stitchers Pick the City UP performances are supported in part by

the Regional Arts Commission

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Winter Holiday Performance  1:00

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective,  DJ UP, a new DJ + Dance winter holiday themed performance celebrating Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary (as part of Family Sunday)

ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM

in the Gary Simmons Garage Lab


New release of Accelerating Change Videos by The Lewis Prize for Music!

The Lewis Prize for Music in partnership with the 2021 Accelerator Awardees, is proud to launch the video series, “Accelerating Change: Creative Youth Development In Progress Across the United States”   to amplify the vital work CYD organizations are doing to empower young people as thriving leaders in communities across the country.

Individually produced by each award-winning organization, these videos highlight what Creative Youth Development looks like in action. The videos detail stories of youth experiences in leadership, racial equity and social justice, and collective action in their communities — the core values of Creative Youth Development.

Watch for Saint Louis Story Stitchers new video, Pick the City UP!

Available on all major music platforms

 OPPORTUNITIES FOR

TEENS & YOUNG ADULTS

Join Stitchers Youth Council for access to THE CENTER! 

It’s FREE!

Stitchers Youth Council has performed over 400 times since 2014 throughout St. Louis in cultural venues, parks and at block parties.

Members are 16-24 years old social justice artists who work with adult mentors to generate high quality art that is aimed at moving the region to a healthier and happier future for all.

Working on numerous awards including the prestigious Lewis Prize For Music, geared at driving them towards a larger youth arts and technology center, a Youthbridge Community Foundation grant to create art to address stigmas around mental health amongst their peers, and the City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023-2024, they are certain to have an important impact.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or national guard status, handicap status, or any other factor prohibited by law in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and/or activities.

Learn more and apply here..

Contact Susan Colangelo at 314-899-9001 or susanc@storystitchers.org for inquiries concerning accommodations.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers is committed to ADA compliance. The Collective welcomes people with disabilities and subscribes to the goal of providing access to programs, services and facilities. The Collective’s goal is to integrate this philosophy into all activities: policies, guidelines, plans, budgets, funding proposals, meetings and outreach.

StitchCast Studio LIVE!

Watch and be a part of Story Stitchers live podcast discussions, presented on the state-of-the-arts stage of 3301 Washington Ave. Story Stitchers artists and guest artists will round out each presentation with live art interludes.

Youth, ages 16-24 years old, discuss current topics in live podcast recordings on stage. Live art interludes are incorporated into the presentations. Learn about the community through the words of young leaders.

Youth, ages 16-24, lead meaningful dialogues that inspire original content in mentor-led workshops based on participants’ lived experiences in economically disadvantaged, high crime areas. Podcasts focus on the streets, gun violence, and finding solutions to issues that are coming at our youth hard. The project goal is to gain greater understanding of the needs and desires of the youth served and to give them an amplified voice to create needed changes in society, to support youth in a successful transition to adulthood, and to reduce youth crime in St. Louis. Youth artists use dialogue, adult guests, original poetry, and music to highlight their personal experiences with gun violence, life transitions, and mental health, promoting mutual respect for diverse ideas, greater understanding, and a more peaceful society.

Returning in 2024!

StitchCast Studio podcasts are published and available on PodbeanGoogle Podcasts, apple podcastsSpotify and Youtube.

Join Stitchers Youth Council for access to podcasting on StitchCast Studio!

 

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