Threads of Resilience

“Threads of Resilience” is a series of intergenerational printmaking workshops for AAPI youth and elders, inspired by CAAAV’s 40-year archive of housing justice and tenant organizing. Participants explore oral histories and campaign materials, connecting past struggles to personal experiences. Using accessible techniques like linocut and collagraph, we will create prints channeling resilience and solidarity. Rooted in a print exchange, each person makes an edition– one to trade, one to keep, and one for a shared “archive-in-a-box.” This co-created living archive will be presented at community assemblies and CAAAV’s anniversary gala, weaving us closer through art, storytelling, and mutual care.

This project is a part of the What Can We Do? Artist Grant program, presented by Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) and is supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Special thanks to Council Members Christopher Marte and Sandra Ung. Projects focused on the support of Palestinian creators and their communities are supported by the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice.