Social movements for a better world must lead with art.
My role in various fights for social justice is to help ensure our protests are led with memorable and impactful artwork. In doing so, I consistently have the honor and privilege of working with frontline groups to help teach these art skills as tools for organizing, campaigning and demonstrations.
While I have over a decade of experience in this arena, my favorite part of this work
is that we are all always learning and teaching. I believe that the process of co-creation, collaboration and learning new skills is equally as important as the final product.
Banners for the 2018 Rise for Climate March in San Francisco. Text by David Solnit, designs by me.
Banner I designed and painted for Friends of the Earth for their protest in Washington, DC against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Banner I designed and painted for Friends of the Earth for their protest in Washington, DC against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Portraits of women negatively impacted by Covid-19 created for Planned Parenthood Action's campaign to pass the Heroes Act in Congress.
These installations were placed around the Capitol building for the public to interact with and read.
Demonstration and meeting with organizers in Napa, California for a pavement mural created with the charcoal remains of the 2017 North Bay wildfires
The final result of a youth project in St. Louis, Missouri with the New City School. Young environmental activists decorated a canoe with native plants and animals they were advocating to protect.
Progress shot of a weeklong community mural workshop with Artscope in St. Louis, Missouri
Teaching a chalk art workshop with Freedom Arts and Education Center in St. Louis, Missouri
Teaching a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop with Greenpeace in Washington, DC
Co-facilitating a storytelling class as part of a weeklong art skills intensive in Oahu, Hawai'i
Banner for Rise for Climate march in San Francisco, CA
Co-facilitating community art making day with The Women's March volunteers in Washington, DC
Co-facilitating community art making day with The Women's March volunteers in Washington, DC
Collaborative puppet creations with the Women's March in Washington, DC
Collaborative puppet creation with the Women's March in Washington, DC
Co-facilitating a screen printing class for environmental activists in Czech Republic
