Jovanny Press Kit

Creating Milwaukee is a mini-documentary series produced by Nō Studios and presented by The American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact. It focuses on Milwaukee creatives across various disciplines, highlighting their work and stories.

Jovanny Hernandez Caballero is a Milwaukee community artist and photographer. His work explores themes of his cultural heritage and identity, as a first generation American and descendants of Mixtecs. Through his photography, he documents the beauty of Milwaukee's South Side and his family's native land of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Jovanny Hernandez Caballero

For me, it's always been about creating work about my community, for my community.

- Jovanny Hernandez Caballero

About Art Start

Art Start uses the creative process to nurture the voices, hearts, and minds of youth from historically marginalized communities, offering a space for them to imagine, believe, and represent their creative vision for their lives and communities

Through consistent workshops with long-term partners, including youth organizations, schools, alternative sentencing programs, and residences for youth and families experiencing homelessness, art becomes the starting point of a larger life process, and the start of larger conversations about the future of our communities

Creative Connections / Emerging Artist Residency

Art Start’s Creative Connections is a continuum of pathways for Milwaukee youth ages 14-24 from historically marginalized communities to build artistic expertise, personal development and career readiness. Creative Connections provides varying levels of commitment spanning from one workshop to several years to best meet each participant where they are at various stages of their lives and circumstances. Creative Connections combats marginalization often experienced by youth and artists of color and provides access to paid work in the creative economy while building authentic connections to the arts and media industries All participants in Art Start’s Creative Connections have access to mental health and social service support, provided by on-staff Licensed Social Work-Artists

Creative Connections includes the Art Start Emerging Artist residency for young creatives who have exhibited interest and artistic talent, but require more resources and support to turn that talent into concrete career opportunities This 9-month residency provides Emerging Artists with a safe space to explore through a rigorous schedule of coursework, project creation, networking, paid internships, portfolio development, showcase opportunities, career-counseling, and participation and transportation stipends. Emerging Artists continue on as professional creatives, community artists, college graduates, employees, leaders, and responsible citizens with a clear vision and plan for their personal success in the arts.

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Jovanny Hernandez Caballero

Art Start is proud to collaborate with industry and community partners like Nō Studios to offer teen and young adult artists safe spaces and public platforms to express their creative voices and visions. Like Jovanny Caballero, who graduated from the Art Start Emerging Artist residency program in 2022, most young artists in Milwaukee are expressing their desire to transform our world. They need to know we are asking, and listening to their courageous replies. We admire Jovanny for all the ways in which he has and will continue to be a creative leader and changemaker in Milwaukee and beyond

Nō Studios Announces CREATING MILWAUKEE

A MINI- DOCUMENTARY SERIES EXPLORING THE STORIES OF ARTISTS

The launch event will take place on April 12th both in-person at Nō Studios and online This hybrid experience will showcase the mini-documentary and offer an opportunity for Q&A with the featured artist: Jovanny Hernandez Caballero.

March 27, 2023 – Milwaukee, WI – Lisa Caesar, the COO of Nō Studios announced today, CREATING MILWAUKEE, a mini-documentary series produced by Nō Studios and presented by The American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact. The series explores the stories of Milwaukee area creatives across various disciplines while highlighting their work and its connection to their communities.

The collaboration begins with a film featuring Milwaukee community artist and photographer, Jovanny Hernandez Caballero Caballero’s work explores themes of his cultural heritage and identity, as a first generation American and descendants of Mixtecs Through his photography, he documents the beauty of Milwaukee's South Side and his family's native land of Oaxaca, Mexico

Says Jovanny: "From the first steps of my ancestors in the mountains of Oaxaca, to my parent's first steps in the United States, my family represents who I am. My identity is a mixture of three worlds; the ancient, the modern, and the world my parents left behind in Mexico. I am unable to enter each world completely due to physical and emotional barriers. I can only see my family through the cracks of the fence, unable to grasp their hands. They have become like a photographic exposure; overexposed, blurry, and incomplete.”

"Milwaukee is rich with incredibly diverse local talent. We are very excited to partner with The American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact to bring more attention to these artists, and their unique work, to foster awareness, conversations and collaborations among the city’s many great creative communities," stated John Ridley, founder and CEO, Nō Studios

Launch Details

The series will launch on Friday, April 12th, 2023 at 11:45am with a live broadcast on WISN 12 News followed by a live streamed Q&A from the Nō Studios Gallery. Participants are encouraged to join either at Nō Studios or online. Further details can be found here: Creating Milwaukee ft. Jovanny Hernandez Caballero Launch Event.

Nō Studios Announces CREATING MILWAUKEE

A MINI- DOCUMENTARY SERIES EXPLORING THE STORIES OF ARTISTS

"Arts and culture give life to a community while inspiring creativity and innovation The Mini-Documentary Series is a program of short format documentary videos produced by Nō Studios featuring local Milwaukee artists and community organizers. Through the Institute’s focus on advocacy and storytelling, we are partnering with Nō Studios to elevate the voices of artists, advocates, and change makers across the country,” stated Nyra Jordan, Social Impact Director, American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and

Social Impact

About Nō Studios

Nō Studios derives from the word play between a rejection artists are so often told, with, nō 能, the Sino-Japanese root word for "skill" or "talent"

Founded by Oscar winner and Milwaukee native, John Ridley, the desire behind our 40,000 square foot headquarters is to create a collaborative workspace, hybrid experience platform, and social community that offers an environment for artists and activists to come together. Our historic building features offices, co-working space, a state-of-the-art screening room, performance stage, café bar, gallery, and rooftop lounge and deck.

About The American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Change

The American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact is a venture capital firm and partner of choice for exceptional entrepreneurs who are building scalable, sustainable businesses in a long-term effort to close equity gaps in America It also recognizes that capacity building and supporting organizations and experts who have been working toward social causes are equally important in making a positive impact within our communities around the country

Media Contacts:

MPRM Communications

Jacki St. Thomas nostudios@mprm.com

323-933-3399

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