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Belonging is a community-engagement, participatory project with three components: storytelling workshops with immigrant groups to elicit personal stories of place, home, and belonging; site-related place markers with excerpts of narratives and creative response activities; and a ‘zine (self-published magazine) with a map of the place markers. Albuquerque, NM-based community-engaged project organized by Sanitary Tortilla Factory artist-in-residence Christine Wong Yap during Summer 2017.

Seven activity sheets, created by Working Classroom interns and Christine Wong Yap, were printed and installed at five places of belonging. Downloadable PDFs are also available below.

Vague Descriptions, by Izaiah Ramos, Working Classroom intern

Vague Descriptions, a group drawing activity by Izaiah Ramos, Working Classroom intern. Activity sheet located inside Place of Belonging #2: Working Classroom. PDF.
 

Story Cookie, an intervention activity by ANA P. PALMA.

Story Cookie, an intervention activity by Ana P. Palma, Working Classroom intern. Activity sheet located inside Place of Belonging #2: Working Classroom. PDF.
 

We Belong Exquisite Corpse, an interactive drawing activity concept by ANALY MORALES.

We Belong Exquisite Corpse, an interactive drawing activity concept by Analy Morales, Working Classroom intern. Activity sheet located inside Place of Belonging #2: Working Classroom. PDF.
 

Treasured Heart, a collecting activity concept by KEILY CASTRO (with additions by Christine Wong Yap inspired by “the symbolic ecology of the home” as described by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi and Eugene Rochberg-Halton in The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols and the Self).

Treasured Heart, a collecting activity concept by Keily Castro (with additions by Christine Wong Yap inspired by “the symbolic ecology of the home” as described by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi and Eugene Rochberg-Halton in The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols and the Self). Activity sheet located inside Place of Belonging #2: Working Classroom. PDF.
 

A sheet that can be cut up to create 33 cards with Albuquerque-inspired locations and characters.

ABQ Improv Prompts, sheet of 33 cards of locally-inspired locations and characters, by Christine Wong Yap. Activity sheet located in the lobby of Place of Belonging #3: The Box. PDF.
 

An activity box located at the northern bend of Riverside Drive SW near a footpath to the river holds A Few Birds of the Rio Grande / Unas Aves del Rio Grande, a birdwatching activity suggested by Barbara Bell and created by Christine Wong Yap.

A Few Birds of the Rio Grande / Unas Aves del Rio Grande, a birdwatching activity suggested by Barbara Bell and created by Christine Wong Yap. Activity sheet located at Place of Belonging #5: Riverside Drive SW, at the northern bend near a footpath to the river. PDF.
 

An activity box located near the Paseo del Bosque trail at Central holds Eyes the Color of Stones / Los Ojos con el Color de las Piedras, an observation activity by Working Classroom intern DAVID DE LA CRUZ.

Eyes the Color of Stones / Los Ojos con el Color de las Piedras, an observation activity by Working Classroom intern David De La Cruz. Activity sheet is located at Place of Belonging #8: The Bosque, near the Paseo del Bosque trail at Central. PDF.
 

*An activity box at Place of Belonging #10: Saranam, in their child care center (not open to the public), holds copies of all activities. Saranam provides childcare to families while parents attend educational programs.

 

Activities: Authors as noted, Belonging Activities, 2017, laser output from ink on paper and digital media, 11 x 8.5 inches each, first printing 100 copies.