Art Parties! Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts

By Interim Director Bart Buch and Artist/Board Member Angela Barrera

A Party Invitation:

We had a hard year last year, in many, many ways. Covid-19, economic hardship, violence, addiction, police brutality, social unrest, and homelessness have all increased the neighborhood’s fear and isolation. One good thing that came out of the emergency of the uprising last year was getting to know new neighbors and looking out for one another during troubling times. We hope and feel better times are coming, Spring is arriving, and we at Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts have an idea, An Invitation! We want to help create better times with new connections, strengthening existing connections, and increasing community trust using art and parties – Art Parties! to celebrate together and continue looking out for one another. 

In March, Semilla Center started hosting these art parties on the first Wednesday of the month, first online while it was colder outside, then we will meet in person outdoors May – September, and move indoors in person in October or November. The parties are a place to create things, to chat, to eat, to dance, to space out, to smile, to celebrate, to meet neighbors, to share information about where we live together, and to create solutions together for a healthier and safer neighborhood, this year and beyond.… Read the rest “Art Parties! Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts”