Essentially, this is what I was hired to do at the Graduate Assembly. It's already less than a month away and it's so cool to see it take shape.
The website is: ewocc.berkeley.edu. If you're around Berkeley on March 8th, I highly encourage you to come and check it out! It's going to be amazing!
This year's theme, "decolonizing creativity: FIERY WOMYN, FIERCE EXPRESSIONS," explores the theme of creativity by focusing on art as an expression of a woman's life and identity. We hope to inspire and highlight the work of women of color who share their personal, political and professional voices through the arts. These women continuously put their effort towards building a world in which their work is foregrounded and esteemed.
The main conference event will take place on Saturday March 8th, beginning at 9:30 AM and running through 5:30 PM, and will include a panel of acclaimed Bay Area activists and leaders in community art and women's issues, vendors, cultural performances, workshops on a variety of creativity and art-related topics. The keynote speaker will be Climbing PoeTree, the tag-team, two-spirited, boundary-breaking artistic duo, Alixa and Naima. Delivering explosive lyrics that leave listeners outraged and inspired, Climbing PoeTree tracks footprints across the country and globe on a mission to overcome destruction with creativity.
Our vision of creativity and art means movement toward: an understanding of art that redefines the connection for women of color among mind, body, and spirit; artistic expressions as cultural resistance to oppression; a unity among women of color that allows for identity difference; exposing and exploring the ways in which institutions shape our access to art; listening to and advocating for the artistic needs of queer, intersex and transgender people; research and scholarship on artistic issues that are particularly significant for women of color; individual and community models of using artistic forms to heal from systemic violence and trauma; understanding the intersections among issues of art, poverty, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, militarism and imperialism; advocating for balance within personal and professional artistic boundaries; exploring the ways in which artistically minded amateur artists can transition into the professional world of art; and embracing women of color's familial roles and supporting the mother, wife, girlfriend, partner, daughter, niece, grandmother, and friend that is found in all of us.
The website is: ewocc.berkeley.edu. If you're around Berkeley on March 8th, I highly encourage you to come and check it out! It's going to be amazing!
This year's theme, "decolonizing creativity: FIERY WOMYN, FIERCE EXPRESSIONS," explores the theme of creativity by focusing on art as an expression of a woman's life and identity. We hope to inspire and highlight the work of women of color who share their personal, political and professional voices through the arts. These women continuously put their effort towards building a world in which their work is foregrounded and esteemed.
The main conference event will take place on Saturday March 8th, beginning at 9:30 AM and running through 5:30 PM, and will include a panel of acclaimed Bay Area activists and leaders in community art and women's issues, vendors, cultural performances, workshops on a variety of creativity and art-related topics. The keynote speaker will be Climbing PoeTree, the tag-team, two-spirited, boundary-breaking artistic duo, Alixa and Naima. Delivering explosive lyrics that leave listeners outraged and inspired, Climbing PoeTree tracks footprints across the country and globe on a mission to overcome destruction with creativity.
Our vision of creativity and art means movement toward: an understanding of art that redefines the connection for women of color among mind, body, and spirit; artistic expressions as cultural resistance to oppression; a unity among women of color that allows for identity difference; exposing and exploring the ways in which institutions shape our access to art; listening to and advocating for the artistic needs of queer, intersex and transgender people; research and scholarship on artistic issues that are particularly significant for women of color; individual and community models of using artistic forms to heal from systemic violence and trauma; understanding the intersections among issues of art, poverty, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, militarism and imperialism; advocating for balance within personal and professional artistic boundaries; exploring the ways in which artistically minded amateur artists can transition into the professional world of art; and embracing women of color's familial roles and supporting the mother, wife, girlfriend, partner, daughter, niece, grandmother, and friend that is found in all of us.
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