Ramp Up Fellowhship Celebration

4824 Penn Avenue,Pittsburgh PA 15224

09 September, 2022

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Join us Friday, September 9 as we congradulate Azadiel Watts, Breydon Prioleau, and Veronica Green on completing the first ever Ramp Up Fellowship! Come meet the fellows, learn about the program, and hear their take on learning and the Manifestos they created. Breakfast foods provided! Check out our blog post about the Ramp Up Fellowship earlier from this year. The Ramp Up Fellowship launched as a pilot this January as a partnership between Assemble and The Legacy Arts Project. The Ramp Up Fellowship is a full-time program for individuals 18-24 years old who are interested in becoming teaching artists, and prioritizes young adults who identify as BIPOC or LGBTQIA creatives who reside in or grew up in Homewood and Garfield. Our 2022 Ramp Up Fellows include Veronica Rae Green of Garfield, Breydon Prioleau of Homestead, and Azadiel Watts of Penn Hills. Each are incredible artists and creatives who specialize in an array of fields from creative writing, theater, photography, anime, songwriting, character design, video games design, and more! Throughout the program, the Fellows get hands-on work experience co-teaching in youth-serving programs at Assemble and The Legacy Arts Project while also engaging in professional development focused on skills, knowledge, and disposition. The Fellows have been engaging in sessions with Nina Barbuto, Assemble’s Executive Director, diving into learning theories and pedagogy from Paulo Friere, Dr. Bettina Love, and more. The Fellows are creating their own Manifestos for Learning inspired by past theorists as well as their own lived experiences. Michelle King, the Learning Instigator, has also been a guest expert for our Manifestos, imagining with the Fellows the future of learning. The Fellows also have been meeting weekly with Jacquea Mae Olday diving into the history of communities, goal setting, and future planning. They have also embarked on field trips to the spaces like Children’s Museum and the Museum Lab on the Northside. The Fellows have helped with the Legacy Arts Project Podcast launch, the Africana Wellness Conference on April 2, and will be helping with Dance Africa this summer. Check out the podcast here: https://bit.ly/LegacyPod. Erin Perry, the Executive Director of Legacy Arts Project shared, “The Ramp Up Fellowship has been a beautiful experience of creating space to cultivate the next generation of teaching artists while strengthening our practice as a community arts organization.” This first year of the Ramp Up Fellowship program is supported by the Arts Equity Reimagined Collective Action Grant and A Remake Learning Moonshot Grant. To find out more about the Ramp Up Fellowship and other happenings at Assemble, please contact Nina Barbuto at: [email protected]. To find ou more about The Legacy Arts Project and their programs, please contact Erin Perry at [email protected]