In the summer of 2019, MICA partnered with the Center for Documentary Expression and Art, Mestizo Arts and Activism, and Sugar Space Foundation to run a community-based artist residency called Justice-Memory-Activism. The residency brought together two nationally-recognized artists from Salt Lake's west side, Ruby Chacón and Lily Havey, with ten high school- and college-aged artists.
Facilitated by Chacón and Havey, the participating youth took the lead in identifying issues they cared about and creating a collaborative, portable mural addressing those issues. The youth then helped plan a public event at Sugar Space, at which they unveiled the mural to a gathering of 50 and engaged those attendees in dialogue. The youth have begun making plans to tour the mural to spaces across the west side. (Photos by Kent Miles)