ALMA Creates
ALMA Creates is a comprehensive six-week youth art fellowship designed for Latino/a/e/x LGBTQIA+ artists aged 17 to 24. The program aims to foster individual artistic skills, promote community building, and exploring the significance of art as a tool for advocacy. Participants receive personalized mentoring, participate in workshops, gain new insights into LGBTQIA+ history and related artistic and cultural expression, and collaborate on a culminating art piece that is showcased at the program's end. The program encourages and embraces artists working in various art categories including but not limited to:
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Dance / Singing
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Performance
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Poetry / Writing
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Fashion
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Visual Painter/Drawer/ sculpting
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Graphic Design / Illustration
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Photography / Videography
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ALMA Creates is collaborating with PrEP4Teens an arts-focused community mobilization and social marketing project developed by teens to raise awareness of PrEP and other sexual health options among their peers.