POSTPONED -DIY Gas Mask Workshop and Nature Walk, Youth Vs. Apocalypse talk

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Youth Art Exchange

3/28, 1-4pm: Youth Vs. Apocalypse and DIY Gas Mask Workshop &amp; Nature Walk. Part of Ready or Not! by Lacey Johnson at [x]space arts hub.

Youth Art Exchange’s [x]space arts hub

*This workshop is postponed due to COVID-19 closures. We will update with a rescheduled date when we can.*--Ready or Not! is a visual art exhibition and workshop series by <a href="http://laceyjohnsonxoxo.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lacey Johnson</a>, exploring Disaster Preparedness in the Excelsior and Beyond. Ready or Not! is a residency at Youth Art Exchange's <a href="http://youthartexchange.org/xspace" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">[x]space arts hub</a>, 5137 Mission Street at Geneva Ave in the Excelsior. All events are free and open to the public, materials provided.Youth Vs. Apocalypse presentation: Environmental Justice IS Emergency PreparednessSaturday, March 28, 1-2pm<a href="http://youthvsapocalypse.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Youth Vs. Apocalypse</a> is a diverse group of young climate justice activists working together to lift the voices of youth, in particular, youth of color, and fight for a livable climate and an equitable, sustainable, and just world.DIY Gas Mask Workshop &amp; Gas Mask Nature WalkSaturday, March 28, 2-4pmWe will learn about air filtration methods and make our own gas masks. Ending in a Nature Walk, we will experience the neighborhood while wearing our masks and observe things to look for related to Preparedness. ----Other workshops in Ready or Not!:<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/98127657465">Imagined Futures: Post Apocalyptic Snowglobes &amp; Diorama Workshop</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/98127657465"></a>Saturday, March 21, 1-4pmYou stayed ready and rode it out. This workshop envisions what it looks like after you were prepared. We will look at images of Post Disaster Growth and create imagined landscapes using found objects from the neighborhood. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/98280867721">Preparedness Life Hacks during Sunday Streets</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/98280867721"></a>Sunday, March 29, 12-4pmMake DIY pepper spray, hand sanitizer, and more at <a href="https://www.sundaystreetssf.com/2020-season-schedule/ex032920/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Excelsior Sunday Streets</a>.Lacey Johnson is an interdisciplinary artist and arts educator whose work is part manifesto, part pedagogy, and part thrift store self help book. She uses art and organizing to push social dialogue, and has prepared for hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes.Lacey is also a former Youth Art Exchange Filmmaking faculty artist.<a href="http://laceyjohnsonxoxo.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">laceyjohnsonxoxo.com</a>Ready or Not! is supported by the <a href="http://www.arts.ca.gov/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">California Arts Council</a>.<a href="http://youthartexchange.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Youth Art Exchange (YAX)</a> sparks a shared creative practice between professional artists and public high school students, furthering youth as leaders, thinkers, and artists in San Francisco. YAX is <a href="http://youthartexchange.org/enroll" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">now enrolling</a> SFUSD high school youth for free summer arts intensives.Transformed from a meat market (Chuck’s Market) that was shuttered for nearly a decade, [x]space arts hub is focused on creative exchange between artists and community. It is an active arts center by Youth Art Exchange with free classes and programming for San Francisco public high school students, workshops, a youth printshop, Green Art Workshop, an ArtSpan artist studio, an art gallery, community meeting space, and venue rentals.

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