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"decolonizing creativity"
Color Xerox Poster
February 2008
This poster was a commissioned for the 23rd Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC). EWOCC is recognized to be one of the longest running conferences in the nation that
addresses the needs and concerns of women of color. The conference brings together cutting edge women of color activists such as Angela Davis, Elaine Brown, Cherrie Moraga, Gina Palcado and Chrystos with Bay Area community
leaders and academics (especially students) to discuss and strategize ways of impacting the current issues facing women of color. EWOCC was one of the first conferences to present women of color with an opportunity to address
the racial, class, and gender issues facing American Indian, African American, Asian American, and Chicana/Latina women.
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. Conference organizers hoped 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 event took place on Saturday March 8th, and included a panel of acclaimed Bay Area activists and leaders in community art and women's issues, vendors, cultural performances, and workshops on a variety of creativity and art-related topics. The keynote speaker was be Climbing PoeTree, the tag-team, two-spirited, boundary-breaking artistic duo, Alixa and Naima.
Conference organizers wrote, "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."
To read about my creative process, visit by blog
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