stories of sacred

and everyday healing

The Fowler Museum at UCLA

How do you define healing, and what does healing look like?

artworxLA was proud to partner with the Fowler Museum at UCLA to explore how youth can approach healing from multiple worldviews through the arts. Students created flags, embroidery, performance, photographs, sculpture, painting and illustration that represent stories of healing for them, their families, and communities. Their work was presented in dialogue with the exhibition Myrlande Constant: The Work of Radiance. This groundbreaking retrospective of Myrlande Constant’s 30-year career is the first solo U.S. museum exhibition devoted to the work of a Haitian female contemporary artist. Constant’s painstakingly beaded tapestries build on the drapo Vodou tradition and depict Haitians, Catholic saints, and Vodou spirits in both intimate and monumental scenes of Haitian history and everyday life. The exhibition traces Constant’s artistic vision, innovative techniques, and impact on art-making in Haiti and beyond; and situates her hand-beaded textiles within contemporary arts of Haiti and the African diaspora. 

witness the artistic process.

Watch this video slideshow of student work to see how L.A. County youth expressed what healing means to them.

learn about creative healing processes and the work of myrlande constant with the stories of sacred and everyday healing quiz.

explore student artwork.

hear about the student experience.

Watch students from Rose City High School discuss their creative projects in this short video.

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