activist
Working towards social justice is an important part of my work, particularly identifying the intersections of art and art therapy for building community, fostering empathy, challenging bias, facilitating cross-cultural dialogues, and taking action.
The images included on this page are done so with the consent of the artists
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art for protest
Images that convey clear messages. This one is my representation of a line from Reverend William Barber II for the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The top images represent the four social evils (war economy, systemic racism, environmental degradation, poverty) shifting into peace, inclusion*, sustainability, and justice.
*This image of the interconnected hands is from an original 1968 Poor People's Campaign poster -
art for advocacy
Images that encourage individuals to share their stories of a social injustice. This image is by an adolescent conveying challenges faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community at a workshop at a public school LGBTQ pride conference.
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art for lobbying
Images that encourage individuals to share their stories of a social issue to share with policy makers. This image was created to express the pain of being a survivor of gun violence at a workshop to prepare people planning to meet with their representatives to discuss gun reform.
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art for dialogues
Images that encourages individuals to respond to art to promote contemplation and foster empathy in order to dialogue for understanding and action. This image was created at a workshop to reflect on a personal experience that informed current social and political views in order to use as a starting point for discussion.