Video Topic Series

Arpi Krikorian

6:26 minutes

See how art can embody resilience to reflect the Armenian culture's strength and global legacies through powerful characters.

Meet Arpi Krikorian, an illustrator who uses art to represent the resilience of her Armenian culture and heritage. Arpi believes sharing the joyful aspects of culture and heritage are strong acts of resilience to overcome historical tragedies.

Explore more of Arpi Krikorian's story and the themes covered in the video with hands-on activities designed for before and after watching. This lesson includes key background information and extension resources.

About the Video Topic Series

The Art of Resilience is a three-part video topic series highlighting the power of art and the creative process in building resilience amongst survivors of traumatic events. The series chronicles the journeys of talented and impactful artists who use their art to tell their story to inspire others. Each testimony in this series illustrates how art reaffirms shared humanity by celebrating culture, identity and survival.

Classroom conversation starters

Grades: 3-5

Lead students in a rich discussion around the meaning of resilience, while incorporating student experiences and diverse historical examples. This guide includes a structure for whole group discussion, prompts for small-group discussion, historical analysis and an art-driven reflection.

Lual Mayen

6:11 minutes

Meet developer Lual who creates video games to foster global peace, connecting players with impactful narratives.

Meet Lual Mayen, a video game designer and the CEO of Junub Games. Lual creates video games based on his family’s experience living as refugees in Uganda. He uses video games as a powerful storytelling tool and to promote peace building and conflict resolution.

Dive deeper into Lual Mayen's story and the themes covered in the video with hands-on activities designed for before and after watching. This lesson includes key background information and extension resources.

About the Video Topic Series

The Art of Resilience is a three-part video topic series highlighting the power of art and the creative process in building resilience amongst survivors of traumatic events. The series chronicles the journeys of talented and impactful artists who use their art to tell their story to inspire others. Each testimony in this series illustrates how art reaffirms shared humanity by celebrating culture, identity and survival.

Classroom conversation starters

Grades: 3-5

Lead students in a rich discussion around the meaning of resilience, while incorporating student experiences and diverse historical examples. This guide includes a structure for whole group discussion, prompts for small-group discussion, historical analysis and an art-driven reflection.

Mona Golabek

7:26 minutes

Meet Mona Golabek, an author who uses the power of music to retell the powerful story of her mother’s escape from the Holocaust in World War II.

In this Art of Resilience video, you will meet Mona Golabek, an author who uses the power of music to retell the powerful story of her mother’s escape from the Holocaust in World War II. Mona shares how music and storytelling are powerful forces in recovering from tragedy. This activity is part of the Art of Resilience Video Topic Series, which can be used with other USC Shoah Foundation resources.

In this Art of Resilience activity, students will explore what it means to be resilient by analyzing the story of Mona Golabek, the daughter of Lisa Jura, a Holocaust survivor.

About the Video Topic Series

The Art of Resilience is a three-part video topic series highlighting the power of art and the creative process in building resilience amongst survivors of traumatic events. The series chronicles the journeys of talented and impactful artists who use their art to tell their story to inspire others. Each testimony in this series illustrates how art reaffirms shared humanity by celebrating culture, identity and survival.

Classroom conversation starters

Grades: 3-5

Lead students in a rich discussion around the meaning of resilience, while incorporating student experiences and diverse historical examples. This guide includes a structure for whole group discussion, prompts for small-group discussion, historical analysis and an art-driven reflection.