Not numbers.. The names of 8,000 children killed in the genocide were displayed on the wall of the Opera House in Brooklyn, New York, in solidarity with Gaza.
scopOphilic_micromessaging_1088 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.
Here’s a drawing in my sketchbook of NYPD beating people protesting in solidarity with Palestine yesterday. They violently attacked people and press members at random on the Nakba day protest in Brooklyn, punching and choking them for protesting genocide.
The Free Black Women’s Library, which started as a mobile library book swapping social art project in 2015 is now over eight years old.
2023 marks two years of us having our own brick and mortar space and having a home base has helped the project grow and develop into all that I imagined it could be and more.
This year birthed some lovely initiatives, opportunities and moments. We have become a community resource, creative hub, social site and care space for many.
If we raise enough money we can keep these good vibes going in 2024.
Help us make it happen by donating to our crowdfunding campaign at
scopOphilic_micromessaging_1092 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.
This approximately 36″ x 36″ quilt was created for the Brooklyn Quilters Guild Earth Day fence quilt show. I used improv piecing to create a feeling of water gradually disappearing into nothingness. I then used free-motion quilting to outline the word “water” which is only slightly visible, symbolizing how this essential resource is disappearing around the world due to climate change and…