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West Side Arts: Rootwork, Girl Bands, and Activating Public Archives

Making the West Side | Neighborhood

West Side Arts: Rootwork, Girl Bands, and Activating Public Archives
  • June 15, 2017

    Curators, artists and activists discuss the vibrant work they are doing with West Side neighborhoods. Panelists include: Tracie D. Hall, director of the Joyce Foundation’s Culture Program and founding curator of Rootwork Gallery, which features artistic expression around healing, reconciliation, and the investigation of folk, street and indigenous cultures; Nicole Marroquin, artist and activist, who uses art, archive and living testimonies to make connections between youth-led political movements and spatial justice; and Sarah Beth Woods, a community activist and multidisciplinary artist who explores femininity through material culture, artifice, and adornment