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Hablamos Juntos Creating Bridges: Personal Journeys into Art and Writing

An 8-10 week unit curriculum using contemporary Latinx art to inform Personal Narratives for middle and high school students.
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Books

HABLAMOS JUNTOS: Together We Speak Book

The Hablamos Juntos project is a unique opportunity to bring contemporary Latino art to young people who may know little about it. Engaging youth, particularly Latino and immigrant youth, in looking at and interpreting this art gives insight into cultural material that is in some way familiar to them.
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The Art of Who I Am

Museo Eduardo Carrillo long admired the work of the Young Writers Program. We thought that creating a partnership with them would enhance our mutual objectives to bring Latino art to students and stimulate the teen’s connection to the art…
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The Story in the Art/ La historia en el arte

Narratives on life by E.A. Hall Middle School students, inspired by Latinx Art curated by Museo Eduardo Carrillo.
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Pictures and Words

With the help of six Writing Project Assistants, students were guided to find their story and voice. The results reflect the unique perspective of a group of young people who have often been marginalized and not heard. Like the Latinx artists, these students write about potent subject matter with a raw and honest outlook.
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Art/Work

Art/Work, the fifth book in the Hablamos Juntos Series, is a youth-to-youth effort: local middle school students, inspired by the artwork of youth participating in the S.O.Y. Artista program at Self Help Graphics in East L.A., tap into their own experiences and express their creativity through personal narratives.
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Califas Legacy Project:

Collaboration with Young Writers’ Project, Google Arts & Culture, and UCSC students showcasing narratives on life by Shoreline Middle School 6th graders, instpired by artists of the Califas Legacy Project, a multi-year, multi-medium endeavor launched by Museo Eduardo Carrillo to document the legacy of our region’s Chicano/a cultural treasures.