Now that our AtWork Tour 2018 “I had a dream” is over and we have seen the transformational effect of the workshop on 100 young creative talents that have participated in the Tour,
we have launched a fundraising campaign on Facebook to bring our workshop to Gabon in 2019.
It’s a dream of one of our AtWork participants, Claude Massassa-Bunny who attended the “I had a dream” workshop in Kampala in August and the impact of AtWork experience on her was so profound that she decided she had to bring this opportunity to the young creative talents in her native Gabon.
Bunny is a young cultural entrepreneur who is fighting everyday against the taboos of her society to foster critical thinking and educate through creativity. She believes that bringing AtWork format to Gabon could be a turning point for many young people in her home country and would empower them to make a change on personal and social level. Bunny comments:
“In Gabon education and reflection using creativity is a rarity, it is practically unheard of in our community as a vector for education and development. The community has lost all forms of creative thinking. The need in Gabon for education with an element of critical thinking and creativity is enormous and the AtWork educational format would be a definite boost for the development of and the return of creativity. The question we ask ourselves today is: what will we leave to the future generations? The problematic related to transmitting knowledge and awareness is a key subject of our reflection.”
Let’s help Bunny realise her vision. You can donate now on our Facebook Fundraising page to help bring AtWork to Gabon.
We are €10.000 away to make Bunny’s dream a reality. Moleskine Foundation is committed to match the funds raised from this campaign to arrive to the amount needed. 100% of the received donations will go directly to finance AtWork in Gabon. The campaign is active until January 10th, 2019.
Let’s inspire a new generation of thinkers together!
Claude Bunny Massassa is a contemporary artist from Gabon. She created Bunny Studio in 2016, a start-up dedicated to photography production, which became DWABI Studio in 2021. As an artist, she has represented Gabon in many international exhibitions in Senegal, Uganda, France, the United States, and Italy. In her art, she denounces social stigmas around issues of identity and mental health, and explores themes of traditions and myths.
Executive Director Kimberly Aceves- Iñiguez has been passionately committed for over 20 years to social justice organizing and advocacy efforts that bring voice and power to youth, LGBTQ people, people of color, and working-class communities in the Bay Area. Before coming on as the Executive Director for RYSE, Kimberly served as the Executive Director for Youth Together, the founding organization of the RYSE Center.
Kanwarpal Dhaliwal is one of the co-founders of RYSE and currently acts as the Associate Director. She supports and guides the implementation and integration of healing-centered practices, grounded in racial justice and liberation, and also develops, promotes, and advocates for policies, investments, practices, and research that enliven healing, justice, and liberation. Kanwarpal believes that the purpose of her work and life is to contribute to movements, communities, and legacies of liberation that honor the ancestors who fought for her existence and survival, and to forge a world that is just and gentle for future generations.
Sagal Ali is the founder and executive director of SAF. After a few years in her career in heritage protection in the cultural sector, she decided to develop the initiative to directly support young creatives in Somalia by launching her own foundation. She hopes to bridge the social gaps and inequalities women face in Somalia, both in society and in the arts scene.
Co-founders Catherine Dunga and Marleen Palmaers created Kitambo to bridge the gap between the African diaspora in Colombia and the narratives from the continent. From Kinshasa and Antwerp respectively, they work to connect African artists from the continent and their peers from the Colombian diaspora.
Martha Kazungu is a curator, art Historian and Founder of Njabala Foundation, an organization that curates periodic exhibitions and organizes a public program of activities to create a safe space for female artists to thrive and blossom.
Alicia Hansen is a photographer and teacher from New York. She founded NYC SALT in 2008 and, beyond teaching valuable creative skills to her students, has developed a long-term support system to uplift them through school and into their early artistic careers.
