This workshop will look at the intersection of art and activism in counteracting racism in non-formal education and training. It focuses on the crucial role the intersection of art and activism plays in raising awareness of and counteracting racism and racist narratives directed at racialised youth. Intersection of art and activism (artivism), in its simplest definition, refers to ways in which artistic practice and cultural expression in activism have driven and continue to drive effective social and racial justice movements. Hence, the workshop will apply the Anti-Gendered Racism Artivism Module.

The module integrates artivism in anti-racism youth work as an empowering tool that leverages the unique powers of art and civic engagement. And thus, to integrate the concept of artivism through anti-racist non-formal education within youth work, the module presents how artivism configured through the actions of artivists (artists and activists) generates social, artistic, cultural and political disruptions to power structures of both racial oppression and white supremacist ideologies. Then, the module discusses how artivism confronts and counter racist narratives and fosters critical consciousness and Black empowerment that instil resilience and resistance among racialised youth.