The Narratio Fellowship and Artist-in-Residence Program brings artists together with resettled refugee youth Fellows to participate in a year-long storytelling and leadership experience.
The 2021 program included two fellowship cohorts led by two separate artists-in-residence: A poetry cohort, led by Somali-American writer and teacher Khadija Mohamed, herself a 2019 Narratio Fellow, and a photography cohort led by Colombian-American photographer and filmmaker Stefano Castro in collaboration with Vision Workshops and National Geographic photographers Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing. The work of these cohorts links Fellows to our ongoing collaborations with the North Side Learning Center, Syracuse University, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Conventions of Care is an installation and performance emanating from this year-long collaborative exchange, featuring original poetry and photographs by Narratio Fellows. The installation reflects conventions of conservation and caretaking within and across families, communities, and cultures.
Special thanks to Katie Zilcosky and WAER for their support in collecting the audio recordings.
