The Constellations Projects aims to foster community between LGBTQIA+ Elders and Youth through storytelling + art. Forming relationships across generations helps keep our stories and history alive, while also strengthening connections to avoid social isolation as we age.
Get Involved
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LGBTQ+ Elders
LGBTQ+ seniors living in Los Angeles and surrounding ares are invited to join The Constellations Project!
Kate Muehlemann Cataldo, a Los Angeles-based artist, will make visits to you at home once a week for 4 weeks for 60-90 minutes . In this time, Kate will provide prompts for a life review process and record your oral history. She will also paint your portrait, by taking your photograph for reference.
Your audio recorded stories will be shared with LGBTQ+ youth art group(s) to inspire artworks based on parts of your story that give them hope and inspiration for their own future.
You will also be invited any exhibitions that include your portrait, audio recorded stories, and youth artwork inspired by them.
Visits for the next round of participants are to be determined, but please fill out a form if you are interested and someone will contact you to discuss.
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Queer Youth
Youth participants ages 13-24 will create their own artwork inspired by stories and portraits of local elders. Their artworks will be displayed at art exhibitions along with the artist’s painted portraits of the elder and the audio recorded stories.
In the workshops led by the artist, students will listen to audio recordings of the elders stories and create their own art pieces based on what interested or inspired them from the stories. These workshops will take place in Altadena, CA, Long Beach, CA, and virtually on Zoom.
The workshops are 2 hours 30 minutes in length, allowing 30 minutes to listen to stories, and 1 hr 30 min to make a painting. Worksheets are provided to help plan ideas for art as the participant listens. Kate and another teaching artist are available to assist with ideas and techniques.
No art experience or “talent” necessary!
Upcoming Workshops:
Saturday, May 3rd 12-2:30 pm at Side Street Projects in Altadena, CA
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Wednesday, May 14th 6:30 - 8:30 at the Long Beach LGBTQ+ Center in Long Beach, CA
