The Comunidades Floreciendo Art Challenge is a creative invitation for us to think about what it takes for us to grow as individuals and as a community!
Flowers represent our community’s beautiful diversity, strength, and resilience. Flowers grow in many unique conditions, and their seeds, like people, can be transplanted and grown in many different places.
Tennessee is the home of people from around the world. If you were a flower what flower would you be? Where do you grow best? What do you need to thrive? What nourishes you?
Through sharing flower art, Conexión Américas will honor and reflect on the stories of resilience of families that have immigrated to Tennessee; all the seeds that have been planted that help our community flourish.
When: March 5th – April 8th Who: Everyone Can Participate!
How it works: To participate, please follow these 4 easy steps…
1. Pick a flower from below that represents you and make a piece of Flower Art! You can draw, paint, take a photo of, collage the chosen flower, etc.
List of Flowers:
Flor de Izote – Yucca Flower
Dalia – Dahlia
La Mariposa – Butterfly Jasmine
Flor de Maga – Maga Hibiscus
Sacuanjoche – Plumeria
Cantuta – Kantuta and Pantutu Bandera
Rosa y Rosa de Bayahibe – Rose
Orquídea – Orchid
2. Create words for your Flower Art using the flower poem below! Use it to think about what makes you or your community grow. You can incorporate the words into your art work and/or simply fill out the words below within the brief submission form provided.
Comunidades Floreciendo poem:
I am a _______ flower.
I need______ and ______ to grow.
I grow in _____ places.
I flourish in _____ spaces.
3. Complete a brief submission form, where you will be able to upload 1-2 pictures of your art. Files must not exceed a maximum of 100 MB combined. Submission Form Link.
4. A selection of artwork submitted will be displayed in the Conexión Américas Casa Azafrán art gallery, and digitally on Conexión Américas’ website. Comunidades Floreciendo Art Challenge participants must sign an art release agreement (included in the submission form) in order to participate. By submitting a piece of art you are acknowledging that the art is an original piece that you created, that you consent to your art being displayed by Conexión Américas and you acknowledge that any art shared by Conexión Américas will be shared anonymously- only sharing the age and location of the artist.
PRIZES: We will give out three coloring books created by the talented artist Valentina Harper to the first, tenth and twentieth artists who submit artwork as part of the Comunidades Floreciendo Art Challenge.
For questions regarding the Conexión Américas Comunidades Floreciendo Art Challenge, please contact us at arts@conexionamericas.org
All artwork will be displayed at Casa Azafrán and take part in the Comunidades Floreciendo art exhibition, which will launch May 6th, 2022.