Bookbinding Workshop Pictures

Gallery tour at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum

The Refugee Youth Project students went on a trip to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum to get a tour of its permanent collection and to learn about Baltimore’s African American history and culture. This program was part of the 2013 summer bookbinding workshop at the Bio-Tech campus at Baltimore City Community College.

Create you own Box Book using any fabric!

Technique from John Nii Ayi Hyde

Panel Discussion at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Public panel discussion with Josephy Augustyniak, Kursten Pickup, and Evodie Ngoy on the process for newly arrived refugee families to receive social, educational, and economical services in the United States. Discussions also focused on creative initiatives or programs in Baltimore for refugee youth and their families.

Moderated by Victoria Timpo

Panelists

Joseph Augustyniak
Communications Specialist, Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees

Joe Augustyniak has worked at the Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees (“MORA”) since 2001, first as a Communications Specialist, and now as a monitoring specialist. In this capacity he reviews programs that contract with MORA for refugee services in English language instruction, vocational training, employment services, cash assistance and youth services (the Refugee Youth Program.) He has degrees from Johns Hopkins, the University of Rochester and the University of Baltimore (in Publication and Design).

Kursten Pickup
Coordinator of Refugee Youth Project

Kursten Pickup has worked with BCCC’s RYP since 2007. She has taught in public schools, mentored youth, and coordinated after-school programs for over 12 years,7 of which focused on immigrant and refugee populations. In 2008, she obtained a Master’s in Community Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where her studies focused on using art as a tool to create social and cultural change.

Evodie Ngoy
High School student at Digital Harbor

Evodie Ngoy originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo is a junior at Digital Harbor High School. She is also recognized for being a powerful filmmaker with various films that address the public on issues of racism, diversity, and culture. One of her short film, “The Paradise that Wasn’t,” she documents on racism based on being a refugee. Evodie has screened her films and presented her work at TedEx Youth Day, TedExbaltimore, and has also appeared on WYPR Maryland Morning with Sheilah Cast and Tom Hall.

Sankofa Dance Theater performance at Opening Reception

Baltimore’s own Sankofa Dance Theater gave an interactive African dance performance that integrated storytelling and audience participation.

2nd Annual African American Children’s Book Fair

We had so much fun at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum creating books. Book artist Suzanne Coley taught short book binding demonstrations for families and friends. The books were made just in time for a wonderful Mother Day’s gift.

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