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StitchCast Studio LIVE! Mental Health Crisis

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Story Stitchers young artists take on the topic of mental health crisis and addiction with guest Hassan Shariff, in this edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! Recorded live at High Low in Saint Louis, Missouri on March 26, 2024.

Pick the City UP Arts Interlude

Untitled by Kashela Armstead Clark 

Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024

Recorded live at High Low, March 26, 2024

Learn more…here

Next UP for StitchCast Studio LIVE!

Tuesday, April 23

Mending the Gap – Black Youth and Police

Guest: Sgt. Stephen Perry, St. Louis Police Academy

 

High Low 

Listening Room

3301 Washington Ave 63103

Doors Open 6:00

StitchCast and Art Interlude 6:30-8:00

Open Mic 8:00-9:00

Free and open to the public

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In 2024, Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.

Support for Story Stitchers creative youth development programs is provided in part by The Lewis Prize for Music 2021 Accelerator Award.

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs has been provided by Kranzberg Arts Foundation where Saint Louis Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization and by the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Youth Opportunities Program.

  

ABOUT

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 16-25 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 16-25, 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.

New Partnership with Missouri Green Schools

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Saint Louis Stitchers is pleased to announce that we are now a partnering organization with Missouri Green Schools.

Missouri Green Schools’ mission is to improve health and wellness, incorporate sustainability education, and reduce environmental impact in our schools.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective is artists and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) teens and young adults, working together to create social change with a focus on gun violence prevention, public health and public safety.

Story Stitchers is committed to placing youth at the center of the work both in identifying topics for exploration as well as the methods for engagement. Stitchers collect stories, reframe and retell them through art, writing and performance to promote understanding, civic pride, intergenerational relationships and literacy. Projects create a platform for community engagement through an artistic lens and with it the Saint Louis Story Stitchers work to shift perceptions and realities and bring hope to the Saint Louis community. Our goal is to promote a better educated, more peaceful and caring region through storytelling.

Story Stitchers work in Missouri’s native prairies, called Peace in the Prairie, supports healing from urban stress and trauma through experiences in nature. Peace in the Prairie will be presented at St. Louis Art Fair in Clayton, Missouri September 9-11th through a booth and 4 performances.

Visit the Parent and Educator Resource page to learn more about Story Stitchers work for families and schools: https://storystitchers.org/parent-and-educator-resources/

Missouri Green Schools (MGS) is a support and recognition program for schools run jointly by the Missouri Environmental Education Association and the U.S. Green Building Council-Missouri Gateway Chapter.

MGS recognizes schools at emerging, progressing, and advanced achievements in three pillars of sustainability – reducing environmental impacts, increasing sustainability literacy, and improving health and wellness. In addition, we have further resources and support available in the form of mini-grants and 1-on-1 support from AmeriCorps VISTAs for eligible schools with at least 60% of their students on free or reduced price lunch.

MGS also serves as the conduit for the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Awards for the state of Missouri in partnership with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

We are excited to work together for a healthier, safer, and more green region!

Richmond Heights Library and Rec Center Welcomes Story Stitchers

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Richmond Heights Library and Recreation Center’s Youth Services Librarian Betsy Simmons welcomed Saint Louis Story Stitchers today. Betsy helped the artists set up displays of current work in the foyers of both the Richmond Heights Library and the Recreation Center, which welcome residents of all ages from the Brentwood, Maplewood, and Richmond Heights neighborhoods.  In the library, the public can enjoy Story Stitchers writing, artwork, books, videos, podcasts, Make a Wish at a Perception Isn’t Always Reality “Wish Box” or play the Trap Life board game, all developed by artists in the Collective. Featured in the cabinet displays are StitchCast Studio, Trap Life board game, Curating Teen Voices: Coming of Age portfolio, and still from Good For Your Health.

Richmond Heights Library and the Recreation Center

8001 Dale Ave., Richmond Heights, MO 63117

Dates: February 1 through 28, 2022

 

If you are interested in hosting a Story Stitchers display, exhibition, or performance, please reach out to storystitchers@gmail.com.

We love to collaborate!