Joel Bergner

Joel Bergner (aka Joel Artista) is a muralist/ street artist and educator whose work focuses on issues of culture, social justice, and telling the stories of those who have been ignored or misunderstood by society.[1][2][3] Joel is currently the co-director of the international community based public arts network, the Artolution.[4] Working primarily in spray paint, acrylic paint, stencil and mosaic, Bergner has created large public murals in many US cities as well in Brazil, the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, Cuba, Kenya, Mozambique, Poland, Cape Verde (West Africa), El Salvador, and Peru.[5][6][7][8] His mural projects often feature collaborations with human rights and youth-based organizations, most notably the International Rescue Committee, the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, the Boys & Girls Club, UNICEF and Amnesty International, who invited him to be a featured artist at their Human Rights Art Festival in 2010.[9][10][11]

Through his "Action Ashé! Global Mural Project," Joel leads workshops with disadvantaged youth around the world, who participate in the creation of public artwork. He has worked with incarcerated teenagers, Syrian refugees, youth from marginalized communities, the mentally and physically disabled, and street children in Rio de Janeiro.[12][13][14][15] Joel has also created public art projects based on his own research and interviews, including murals about the plight of global refugees, survivors of domestic violence, Afro-Colombians displaced by political violence, the Civil War in El Salvador, Cape Verdean culture and history, and immigration.[16][17][18][19][20][21] He was awarded the “Best Public Mural of 2004” by the mural arts organization Precita Eyes in San Francisco.[22]

In 2013 and 2014 Joel Bergner created public art and led educational workshops in collaboration with Syrian refugee children and teenagers in the Za'atari Refugee Camp in partnership with the organizations aptART, ACTED and UNICEF. [23][24] In 2014 he was a featured artist with the global event Street Child World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, where he worked with former and current street children from around the world to create public art. [25] In 2013 Joel Bergner organized and led the Kibera Walls for Peace Initiative in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya in collaboration with the Kibera Hamlets youth organization. The project, which was widely covered in the international media, involved peace-building workshops with local children and teenagers and the creation of a series of street paintings that promoted peace ahead of the 2013 presidential elections, all of which was documented for a film by Nairobi filmmaker Willie Owusu.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] The initiative included a collaboration with local graffiti artists for the "Peace Train," in which the artists and youth participants painted a 10-car passenger train with art aimed at easing ethnic tensions as the election approached. Kibera Walls for Peace was covered by National Public Radio (NPR), CNN, Arise TV, BBC, USA Today, Reuters, and Agence-France Presse (AFP).[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]

Joel has been covered extensively in the media. His public artwork and art-based social projects have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and in the books Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo and Mural Art Volume 3.[42][43][44][45] He has been featured on the international news networks Al Jazeera English, Voice of America and BBC World News.[46][47][48] He has been widely featured on local television, radio, newspapers, blogs and websites in the Washington DC and Baltimore regions, Cape Verde, Brazil, Cuba, San Francisco and El Salvador.[49][50][51][52][53][54]

References

  1. ↑ Kiriako̧s, Iosifidis. "Mural Art Volume 3:Murals on Huge Public Surfaces Around the World : from Graffiti to Trompe L'oeil". Publikat Verlags, 2010.
  2. ↑ Falcón, Neida Lis. "Joel Bergner realiza residência artística em Cabo Verde". A Semana 2011-02-02.
  3. ↑ Toomey, Mandy. "Mural Lights Way to a Better Life" (PDF). Street Sense 2010-10-26.
  4. ↑ "Artolution - International Community-Based Public Arts Movement". Artolution. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  5. ↑ Falcón, Neida Lis. "Joel Bergner realiza residência artística em Cabo Verde". A Semana 2011-02-02.
  6. ↑ Nahima, Maciel. "Norte-americano Joel Bergner Percorre o Mundo com o Grafiti de Intervenção". Correio Braziliense 2010-11-29.
  7. ↑ Tele Turquia. "Arte Soy: Entrevista con Joel Bergner". Tele Turquino, Santiago de Cuba 2012-01-18.
  8. ↑ Kiriako̧s, Iosifidis. "Mural Art Volume 3:Murals on Huge Public Surfaces Around the World : from Graffiti to Trompe L'oeil". Publikat Verlags, 2010.
  9. ↑ Amnesty International. "Amnesty International: The Human Rights Arts Festival". Amnesty International 2010.
  10. ↑ US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. "Out of Many, One: Q&A with Artist Joel Bergner". refugees.org.
  11. ↑ Tomassini, Jason. "In bold brushstrokes, refugees tell their tales". Gazette 2009-06-10.
  12. ↑ Falcón, Neida Lis. "Joel Bergner realiza residência artística em Cabo Verde". A Semana 2011-02-02.
  13. ↑ Nahima, Maciel. "Norte-americano Joel Bergner Percorre o Mundo com o Grafiti de Intervenção". Correio Braziliense 2010-11-29.
  14. ↑ Kiriako̧s, Iosifidis. "Mural Art Volume 3:Murals on Huge Public Surfaces Around the World : from Graffiti to Trompe L'oeil". Publikat Verlags, 2010.
  15. ↑ Tele Turquia. "Arte Soy: Entrevista con Joel Bergner". Tele Turquino, Santiago de Cuba 2012-01-18.
  16. ↑ Al Jazeera. "Worls Refugee Day: The Global Refugee Mural". Al Jazeera English 2009-06-20.
  17. ↑ US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. "Out of Many, One: Q&A with Artist Joel Bergner". refugees.org.
  18. ↑ Toomey, Mandy. "Mural Lights Way to a Better Life" (PDF). Street Sense 2010-10-26.
  19. ↑ Falcón, Neida Lis. "Joel Bergner realiza residência artística em Cabo Verde". A Semana 2011-02-02.
  20. ↑ Nahima, Maciel. "Norte-americano Joel Bergner Percorre o Mundo com o Grafiti de Intervenção". Correio Braziliense 2010-11-29.
  21. ↑ Tomassini, Jason. "In bold brushstrokes, refugees tell their tales". Gazette 2009-06-10.
  22. ↑ Found SF. "Joel Bergner". Found SF.
  23. ↑ Voice of America piece by Sahar Sarshar|title=Social Action Muralist|url=https://vimeo.com/78428830
  24. ↑ Thomas Reuters Foundation http://www.trust.org/item/20130716170343-zmx0l/?source=search
  25. ↑ World Policy article by Ali Herman http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2014/06/24/street-child-world-cup
  26. ↑ http://www.npr.org/2013/02/19/171916072/kenyas-graffiti-train-seeks-to-promote-a-peaceful-election
  27. ↑ "Kenya Railway - Graffiti for Peace in Kenya during the Elections - CNN iReport". CNN.
  28. ↑ http://www.arise.tv/latest/arise-news-27-feb-1183
  29. ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJKdQaz_2s3SiIIz3ohYlqOy4_yQ?docId=CNG.ec49572c4964b9d434aff60fad28837c.461
  30. ↑ "Kenya's week in pictures: 22-28 February 2013". BBC News. 2013-03-01.
  31. ↑ http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20130227-kibera-fears-repetition-kenyan-election-violence
  32. ↑ USA Today http://content.usatoday.com/topics/photo/People/Athletes/MLB/Kenya/02EM8d0bAoa7o/1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  33. ↑ http://screen.yahoo.com/projects-call-peace-ahead-kenya-170644665.html
  34. ↑ http://www.npr.org/2013/02/19/171916072/kenyas-graffiti-train-seeks-to-promote-a-peaceful-election
  35. ↑ "Kenya Railway - Graffiti for Peace in Kenya during the Elections - CNN iReport". CNN.
  36. ↑ http://www.arise.tv/latest/arise-news-27-feb-1183
  37. ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJKdQaz_2s3SiIIz3ohYlqOy4_yQ?docId=CNG.ec49572c4964b9d434aff60fad28837c.461
  38. ↑ "Kenya's week in pictures: 22-28 February 2013". BBC News. 2013-03-01.
  39. ↑ http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20130227-kibera-fears-repetition-kenyan-election-violence
  40. ↑ USA Today http://content.usatoday.com/topics/photo/People/Athletes/MLB/Kenya/02EM8d0bAoa7o/1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  41. ↑ http://screen.yahoo.com/projects-call-peace-ahead-kenya-170644665.html
  42. ↑ Kiriako̧s, Iosifidis. "Mural Art Volume 3:Murals on Huge Public Surfaces Around the World : from Graffiti to Trompe L'oeil". Publikat Verlags, 2010.
  43. ↑ Siegal, Ann (2010-01-15). "Legal Graffiti Artists Create Murals Around DC". Washington Post 2010-01-15.
  44. ↑ Jacoby, Annice. "Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo". Abrams Publishing 2009.
  45. ↑ Rivlin, Gary (2006-06-11). "Dollars and Dreams: Immigrants as Prey". The New York Times 2006-06-11.
  46. ↑ Al Jazeera. "Worls Refugee Day: The Global Refugee Mural". Al Jazeera English 2009-06-20.
  47. ↑ BBC (2010-04-22). "Washington DC Street Murals Paint the Town". BBC World News 2010-04-22.
  48. ↑ Voice of America. "Baltimore Mural: Joel Bergner". Voice of America Urdu.
  49. ↑ Tele Turquia. "Arte Soy: Entrevista con Joel Bergner". Tele Turquino, Santiago de Cuba 2012-01-18.
  50. ↑ Falcón, Neida Lis. "Joel Bergner realiza residência artística em Cabo Verde". A Semana 2011-02-02.
  51. ↑ Nahima, Maciel. "Norte-americano Joel Bergner Percorre o Mundo com o Grafiti de Intervenção". Correio Braziliense 2010-11-29.
  52. ↑ Gross, Heather. "MuralsDC Unveils Seven New Public Artworks". dcist.com 2010-10-26.
  53. ↑ Ghassemi, Banafsheh. "My interview with Joel Bergner". Street Art Lust 2009-11-20.
  54. ↑ Tomassini, Jason. "In bold brushstrokes, refugees tell their tales". Gazette 2009-06-10.

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