In Ward 8, a new mural installation celebrates the 100th anniversary of some women gaining the right to vote after #womensuffragists organized for decades.
“The Office of D.C. @mayor_bowser decided to place the murals in Ward 8 on Martin Luther King [Ave.] and for women muralists to work collaboratively, demonstrating the synergy of the women’s suffragist movement,” says Lauren Dugas Glover of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. (The Commission and Department of Public Works funded the project.)
The installation is made of three murals, standing side-by-side, created by three women of color. The artists all used purple and gold hues, as those were some of the colors associated with the suffragist movement. Purple stood for loyalty, and gold represented life, light and a torch that guided the movement and its purpose, according to the #NationalParkService. It’s one of several art pieces commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment going up across the country, including a mosaic of #IdaBWells at #UnionStationDC.
While women have gained the right to vote, communities of color continue to experience voter suppression such as long lines and wait times at polling sites, according to the Washington Post.
In the mural’s new home in #Ward8, voters experienced similar challenges during the June primary, as some voters waited in line until midnight to cast their ballot. Two Ward 8 residents sued the elections board for voter suppression, alleging that they didn’t receive their voter guide in the mail and polling sites were limited in less populous and gentrified neighborhoods.
Chado festival updates: - IFF Etiuda&Anima 2020, Poland. 17th-22nd Nov @etiuda_anima - Insomnia International Animation Festival @insomniafest - Crash International Fantastic Film Festival, Brazil. 9-13th Dec @mmarte_producoes - Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest. 25-29th Nov. -Leeds International Film Festival, UK. 3-19th Nov. @leedsfilmfest - Animatex Animation Festival. @animatex.festival . .
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Chado is produced by @animateprojectsuk and co-produced by @blindpig_tv and supported by the @bfinetwork . . . . . #ChadoAnimation #DominicaHarrison #AnimateProjects #BFINetwork #artistsanimation #festivals #animatorsoninstagram #experimentalanimation #womeninanimation #womenartists #femaledirector #womeninfilm #2danimation #framebyframe #animation #britishfilm #britishanimation #shortfilm #printmaking #risograph #mixedmedia #анимация #2данимация #авторскоекино #короткометражка #ризография https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYV_3-DUCt/?igshid=106td628nj3mr
Last week to see my exhibition Chado: Dreaming In Texture at the @leicesterprintworkshop Closing on 7th November! Meanwhile, the talk that I did with LPW about my process, techniques and collaborators is online now: link in bio . . . .
Chado Festival updates: - Bit Bang Fest @bitbangclub 9-20th November, Argentina - CineQ Birmingham @cineqbrum 5-15th Nov - Big Cartoon Festival @multfest 15th Oct - 4th Nov - Sommets du Cinema d’Animation @sommetsducinemadanimation 1-6th Dec . . . . .
Chado is produced by @animateprojectsuk and co-produced by @blindpig_tv and supported by the @bfinetwork . . . . . #ChadoAnimation #DominicaHarrison #AnimateProjects #BFINetwork #artistsanimation #festivals #animatorsoninstagram #experimentalanimation #womeninanimation #womenartists #femaledirector #womeninfilm #2danimation #framebyframe #animation #britishfilm #britishanimation #shortfilm #printmaking #risograph #mixedmedia #анимация #2данимация #авторскоекино #короткометражка #ризография https://www.instagram.com/p/CGuSLU1jWJ5/?igshid=cpg3rn9jm7ny
Chado festival updates: - Thessaloniki Animation Festival @taf.festival 8-11 Oct - POFF Shorts @poffshorts 19-29 Nov - Leeds Animation Festival 4-19 Nov - Big Cartoon Festival @bigcartoonfestival.school 29th Oct - 9th Nov - Etiuda and Anima 19th-24th Nov @etiuda_anima . . . . .
Chado is produced by @animateprojectsuk and co-produced by @blindpig_tv and supported by the @bfinetwork . . . . . #ChadoAnimation #DominicaHarrison #AnimateProjects #BFINetwork #artistsanimation #festivals #animatorsoninstagram #experimentalanimation #womeninanimation #womenartists #femaledirector #womeninfilm #2danimation #framebyframe #animation #britishfilm #britishanimation #shortfilm #printmaking #risograph #mixedmedia #анимация #2данимация #авторскоекино #короткометражка #ризография https://www.instagram.com/p/CF-pliWDwRe/?igshid=191hq0aayvwhe
Chado festival updates: - Thessaloniki Animation Festival @taf.festival 8-11 Oct - POFF Shorts @poffshorts 19-29 Nov - Leeds Animation Festival 4-19 Nov - Big Cartoon Festival @bigcartoonfestival.school 29th Oct - 9th Nov - Etiuda and Anima 19th-24th Nov @etiuda_anima . . . . .
Chado is produced by @animateprojectsuk and co-produced by @blindpig_tv and supported by the @bfinetwork . . . . . #ChadoAnimation #DominicaHarrison #AnimateProjects #BFINetwork #artistsanimation #festivals #animatorsoninstagram #experimentalanimation #womeninanimation #womenartists #femaledirector #womeninfilm #2danimation #framebyframe #animation #britishfilm #britishanimation #shortfilm #printmaking #risograph #mixedmedia #анимация #2данимация #авторскоекино #короткометражка #ризография https://www.instagram.com/p/CF-pliWDwRe/?igshid=191hq0aayvwhe
Chado festival updates: - SQIFF, 14-18 Oct - Florence QFF, 13-18 Oct - Animation Volda Festival 5-10 Oct - Animatou 1-10 Oct - LIAF, Nov 27-Dec 6 - Sweaty Eyeballs, Oct 23-30
Chado is produced by @animateprojectsuk and co-produced by @blindpig_tv and supported by the @bfinetwork . . . . #ChadoAnimation #DominicaHarrison #AnimateProjects #BFINetwork #artistsanimation #animatorsoninstagram #experimentalanimation #womeninanimation #womenartists #femaledirector #womeninfilm #2danimation #framebyframe #animation #britishfilm #britishanimation #shortfilm #printmaking #risograph #mixedmedia #анимация #2данимация #авторскоекино #короткометражка #ризография
My solo show ‘Chado: Dreaming In Texture’ is opening TODAY! See it at @leicesterprintworkshop 12th September - 7th November. Here are some photos from the install earlier this week featuring lovely staff members from the workshop who were extremely helpful during the set up. Thank you . . The show will centre around my short film ‘Chado’ which combines digital 2d animation with printmaking. A series of risograph prints and solar etchings made during the production of the film will be displayed, as well as sketchbooks and the projection of the final film. At the moment exhibition is open by appointment due to the COVID distancing guidelines. Email [email protected] to book a day for your visit. The gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm. . . . . #exhibition #soloshow #artshow #leicester #leicesterprintworkshop #printmaking #ChadoAnimation #DominicaHarrison #AnimateProjects #BFINetwork #artistsanimation #animatorsoninstagram #experimentalanimation #womeninanimation #womenartists #femaledirector #womeninfilm #2danimation #framebyframe #animation #britishfilm #britishanimation #shortfilm #mixedmedia #анимация #2данимация #авторскоекино #короткометражка #ризография #выставка https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCuKoejid-/?igshid=1a8e5qwzqtoo2
It is my birthday today and it seems as a good time to share the trailer for the film I have been working for the last year. ❤️
Chado is produced by @animateprojectsuk and co-produced by @blindpig_tv and supported by the @bfinetwork Big thank you to the amazing artists who have worked on this with me @robinpor @suzannematharan @cpeeeeters @niall_high_club @tomsalo @riccomline @lawrence_scanlon @shmi_i @shauyeec Aida Slamnjakovic @veellar Rafaele Gabrielle, Michael Ho . . . #ChadoAnimation #DominicaHarrison #AnimateProjects #BFINetwork #artistsanimation #animatorsoninstagram #experimentalanimation #womeninanimation #womenartists #femaledirector #womeninfilm #2danimation #framebyframe #animation #britishfilm #britishanimation #shortfilm #printmaking #risograph #mixedmedia #анимация #2данимация #авторскоекино #короткометражка #ризография https://www.instagram.com/p/CCobx3sD8oY/?igshid=1zqn4rahmits
It is my birthday today and it seems as a good time to share the trailer for the film I have been working for the last year. ❤️
Chado is produced by @animateprojectsuk and co-produced by @blindpig_tv and supported by the @bfinetwork Big thank you to the amazing artists who have worked on this with me @robinpor @suzannematharan @cpeeeeters @niall_high_club @tomsalo @riccomline @lawrence_scanlon @shmi_i @shauyeec Aida Slamnjakovic @veellar Rafaele Gabrielle, Michael Ho . . . #ChadoAnimation #DominicaHarrison #AnimateProjects #BFINetwork #artistsanimation #animatorsoninstagram #experimentalanimation #womeninanimation #womenartists #femaledirector #womeninfilm #2danimation #framebyframe #animation #britishfilm #britishanimation #shortfilm #printmaking #risograph #mixedmedia #анимация #2данимация #авторскоекино #короткометражка #ризография https://www.instagram.com/p/CCoaFvfDHtG/?igshid=167xu8e0q4qyj
I’m currently creating some cute comic portraits of women in art history for my bullet journal this year. This is my rendition of Elizabeth Vigée LeBrun. She kinda turned out a redhead on accident lol! . . . . . #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #bulletjournal #digitalpainting #digitalartist #clipstudio #elizabethvigeelebrun #womeninarthistory #womeninart #womenartists #rococo #baroque #marieantoinette #pastel #pastelart #feminineart #feminine https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDz2Q5B5iv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tnb6xmy013my
Oil painting detail, my handsome son. I’m enjoying working toward more juicy color and looser brushwork in my more recent paintings. Interesting how looser mark making can look more like flesh that very smooth, which can look too stiff and like marble. Playing with reflected color as well as temperature shift. These are some concepts I’ll be teaching at my portrait workshop @theflorencestudio Oct 1-5, 2018. —
We are pleased to announce we are now representing the estate of esteemed New Mexico Modernist Janet Lippincott. #modern #modernart #modernism #santafe #midcenturyart #midcenturymodern #abstract #abstractart #womenartists (at Matthews Gallery)
This is one challenge I do acceptI am inspired everyday by the women surrounding me present and past& I look to the women of the future to create a better world for all of usthank you @unskilledworker @the_avantgartist @davidastyles @lisahouck @erica_siegel
Brittney Galloway Animator, Storyteller, Driving Force
GB:Tell us a little about who you are?
B: My mission is start an animation studio with my sister, Crystal, and tell untold stories of under-represented people. To tell the stories of their gods, legends and victories. I want people to see the magic of many cultures through animation.The Sleepy Gallows Studio will make shorts, feature films, and shows so that children of color have heroes that they identify with. My art reflects how much magic is still on earth.
2) GB: What does being Giftedly Black mean to you?
B:Being Giftedly Black for me is realizing my gifts and making something either joyous, beautiful or both to release back into the world.It would be wonderful to see young black people view my work and feel they have a place in animation or filmmaking. My sister and I started our webseries with 2 laptops, no animation software, paper, pens, and a scanner. I use my art to uplift others and inspire their gifts.
3. GB: Social media handles for connects or reference?
B: My life goal is to make an animation studio and produce stories that often go untold. Hopefully that’s what the Sleepy Gallows will become. We want to stay in realm of whimsy and bring native American, African, African-American, and Indian (from India)mythology, legends, and triumphs to western film and animation in ways we haven’t seen before. I really love fairytales/mythology and legends that blur truth and fiction. I want to broaden what our ideas of a fairytale can be.
5) GB: What sets you apart and makes you unique as an artist?
B:My use of shapes and color are pretty unique to me . My senior year at California College of the Arts, I started doing paper cutout art. I did a stop motion with characters made of diamonds and patterned paper. That enabled my current art direction of patterns, shapes, and motion. I also love crafting, making cards,envelopes, and unique paper gifts.
6)GB :What is one thing that you desire most in your selected field?
B: In the field of animation I want to see more diversity (super cliche right?) I want more women and people of color, to write,direct, and produce their stories. I want more poc cast and depicted on tv. I want all types of stories, less romance and more platonic love. I want adults to feel like children. I want a lot and I hope to be a driving force in the change.
@bev_fishman’s bold, polychromatic wall works meditate on the many parallels that can be drawn between #pharmaceuticals and art. Like taking a pill, an experience with art is often brief yet has the ability to induce a response that runs deep within in one’s being. Fishman’s vivid #geometric reliefs may not take on the overt physical appearance of #pills, but are representative of how pharmaceutical companies utilize #aesthetic appeal in their products to offer the promise of a better reality. Each optically alluring and carefully crafted shape stacked within her compositions is assigned an ailment denoted by the title of the work. With all of the chaos surrounding the Covid #vaccine and health care concerns rampant as a result of the pandemic, Fishman’s slick, subtle sculptural paintings provide a moment of relief, drug-free. Beverly Fishman (, ), 2020 Urethane paint on wood 78 x 44 in (198.1 x 111.8 cm) ___ #BeverlyFishman #pharma #bigpharma #narcolepsy #epilepsy #minimalism #contemporary_art #installationartwork #abstractartwork #abstraction #palmbeachart #geometricabstraction #opticalart #concretism #conceptualart #minimalistart #wallsculpture #sculpturalpainting #womeninart #femaleartists #artsculpture #womeninthearts #workingartist #womenartists #nationalacademicians (at Palm Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmeL7pFLbm/?igshid=16ecz4rrnjhhv
