We all need to belong somewhere.
Art can help us find, challenge,
and even change our place in the world.

Most people have a place where they eat and sleep and spend time with their families or friends. This home place is located somewhere, in a city, on a plain or on a mountain, in a forest or in a desert, by a lake or by a river, or even on an ocean. Most people's homes stay in one spot. Some people's homes move with them as they travel from place to place. Others unfortunately have no home at all.

No matter where we call home, each of us needs more than a place to shelter us from the weather. We also need a place among people. We each have our place in our family, our place among our friends, and our place in the community. Art can help us express, or challenge, those places. Through the years art making has helped people understand where and who they are, and where and who they want to be.

Group Discussion Questions:

What is your experience with art making?

How would you describe your place in the world? Where do you feel you most belong?

Describe your ideal place (where you want to be, who you want to be with, what you want to be doing). Imagine yourself into this place.

Compare your ideal place and your ideal life with your actual place and your actual life.

What is the same? What is different?

How do you think making art can help you know your self and your place in the world better?