In-Dialogue series Presented by the #notwhite Collective

Nov
11:00pm
In-Dialogue series Presented by the #notwhite Collective

By City of Asylum
The #notwhite collective in-dialogue series features conversations with BIPOC, AALANA, indigenous, and immigrant artists and arts administrators. The series reimagines the past and present history of the arts sector by engaging and presenting the wealth of experience, strategies, and tactics of the global majority, notwhite descendants, inheritors of colonialism, indigenous, and immigrants who navigate a predominantly white arts sector.
Celebrating and recognizing arts and cultural workers, especially those who tend to be under the radar and forgotten about, the #notwhite collective has featured speakers from southwestern PA as well as national leaders in the arts.
November’s conversation features  Rosie Gordon-Wallace and Dominique Enriquez.
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The #notwhite collective is a group of thirteen women artists whose mission is to use non-individualist, multi-disciplinary art to make our stories visible as we relate, connect, and belong to the global majority.
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Rosie Gordon-Wallace is an advocate for racial, inclusion, equity, and access. Her leadership approach invites community participation from particularly those in marginalized communities. Her curatorial projects include international exhibitions in the English, French, Dutch, and Spanish speaking Caribbean with the most recent installation of Inter|Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City mounted at the Corcoran Museum in Washington DC and then at the Harvey B. Gantt African American Center for Art + Culture in Charlotte, North Carolina. Additionally, she served as guest curator for National YoungArts and with Joan Mitchell Artist in Residence Center in New Orleans. Gordon-Wallace is the Founder President | Curator for Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator a Miami-based nomadic museum and incubator that brings segregated communities, people, and experiences together through art. Under her leadership, DVCAI intentionally develops artistic platforms that promote, nurture, and encourage the maturation of emerging Caribbean artists, African American, Afro Latino, and Latinx artists. DVCAI encourages connections beyond traditional engagements with art and culture. Gordon-Wallace has served on grant review panels for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs, The Knight Foundation, Amherst University Grant review Panel, In the Company of Women Panel, EnFoco Photography Panel and National YoungArts Selection for Scholastics jury. She has managed funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation, The Knight Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Surdna Foundation, The Miami Foundation CreArte Funds, Wege Foundation, SouthArts and general operation funding from Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Family Foundation funding from the Garner Foundation, The Green Family Foundation, and the Delacour Family Funds. DVCAI named South Arts’ Southern Cultural Treasures in July 2022. www.dvcai.org #dvcai @kingstonmaco

The need for Contemporary Diaspora Artists to be seen and brought into the conversations of Diaspora conversations that discuss race, legacy, equity, inclusion, and quality of life.
The ability to stay true to your art while navigating the lack of resources and the desire and or pressure to chase trends?
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Visual artist and educator Dominique Enriquez is a Bay Area native returning to San Francisco after 13 years of living in San Diego, Chicago, and Santa Cruz.  Prior to her return, she worked as the Manager of Teacher Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and worked as a teaching artist and professional development consultant for multiple community arts organizations including Urban Gateways: Center for Arts Education, Marwen, the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, WI and the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego.  Dominique studied Drawing and Painting at the California College of the Arts, received her B.A. in Studio Art from San Diego State University, and her Master's degree in Education from the University of California, Santa Cruz.  As an experiential learner, Dominique believes in the intrinsic value of the arts in the learning process and loves to explore new ideas through observing, talking about, and making art.
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