Where do we go from here? | The 2024–2025 CCA@CCA theme asks, "Where do we go from here?" During a time of high conflict in the world around us, how can we come together for discussion, reflection, and growth? How can the CCA Community enact positive change? CCA@CCA maintains an ongoing partnership with For Freedoms, an artist-led organization that centers art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action. Founded in 2016 by CCA alumnus Hank Willis Thomas in collaboration with Eric Gottesman, Michelle Woo, and Wyatt Gallery, For Freedoms works closely with a variety of artists, organizations, and institutions to expand what participation in a democracy looks like and reshape conversations about politics.

This year’s CCA@CCA theme borrows the question Where do we go from here? from For Freedoms' new book. Published in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here? marks one of the largest public creative collaborations in American history: a series of over 550 artist billboards created between 2016 and 2023. These billboards emphasize the For Freedoms mission to model how art can urge communities into greater participation and action and foster nuanced discourse.

• 📸 Where do we go from here? A Roundtable Discussion with Manny Yekutiel | Organized by Pia Zaragoza

Organized by CCA@CCA Faculty Coordinator Pia Zaragoza

Manny Yekutiel hosted a roundtable discussion at the Creative Citizens Hub next to the Novack Gallery on January 19th, 2025. Manny Yekutiel is the founder of Manny's and the executive director of the Civic Joy Fund.

More information coming soon.