ARTIST STUDIO: UJAMAA STUDIOS
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
My photography reflects a passion for social justice and activism. My images capture urban settings and the cultural and artistic tensions which evolve in these rapidly changing environments. My work ranges from images of street taggers and muralist, to portraits of street people and the structural and architectural evolution which symbolizes gentrification and the uprooting of disenfranchised communities.
ABOUT THE STUDIO:
Ujamaa is a Swahili term for cooperative economics and familyhood. Ujamaa Studio’s mission is to support the work of historically disenfranchised artist; especially those impacted by America’s system of mass incarceration. The studio promotes the work of its owner, photographer & archival custom picture framer Onaje Benjamin, and seeks partnerships and projects to promote individuals and organizations which support social justice and the arts.
ARTIST: SHIRLEY PARKER-BENJAMIN
mixed media, sculpture, painting
ARTIST STUDIO: CUNNEEN-HACKETT ARTS CENTER, 9 VASSAR STREET,
STUDIOS 26 & 34
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
"I am an interdisciplinary artist creating work across the across the genres of sculptural mixed media, assemblage and installation. In my work, I explores the intersection between ancestral, spiritual metaphysical African/African Diasporic traditions and the feminine. I integrate found objects, natural materials, metals, minerals, pigments, beadwork and fiber to create the work."