HAPPY HERSTORY MONTH & 

JOIN US IN THE HATTIE CARTHAN SOCIAL JUSTICE ART VESTIBULE CELEBRATION

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COLONIZATION MIND & BODIES opens for community discussion this Sunday, March 6th 2016.
 

HEARK YE! HEARK YE!

EXHIBIT CELEBRATION 1:30 PM TO 3PM
HERBAL APOTHECARY OPENS FROM 4PM TO 5PM
FARM PROTECTION CEREMONY AND CELEBRATION

 

Get a grip of women's issues and structural racism without overintellectalization and patriarchal hype. 
Any human can understand the story we are telling with our ART, no matter your race, educational status or religious creed.

 

We will meet at the HATTIE CARTHAN HERBAN FARM at 49 Van Buren Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn where we will enjoy herbal dishes, herbal smudge and beverages.  Discussion will be followed by a farm preservation celebration.

 

This project was created to educate, raise awareness, and provoke deep thought around women’s issues on the planet using multi-dimensional art.

 

Historically women have been oppressed & disenfranchised through a variety of systems resulting in the present reality of gender inequity and a compromised state of being, state of purpose and existence. All aspects of our humanity have been affected by colonization and genocidal policies embedded in the societal structures & systems of power on the planet. No country or community can achieve its full potential if more than half of its talent pool is stymied or underrepresented.

 

CONSIDER THE FACTS: 

 

1% of the world's landowners are women.

 

One hundred thirty million women around the world have been subjected to genital cutting.

 

In many parts of the world, women are routinely beaten, raped or sold into prostitution. They are denied access to medical care, education, economic and political power. Changing these things could change everything.

 

The Oppression of women worldwide is the human rights cause of our time. Their liberation could help solve many of the world's problems, from poverty to child morality to terrorism.

 

OUR VISION:

 

Empowerment to organize one’s self and make systemic change.

 

The two principals of this project, multi-disciplinary artist Yonnette Fleming and visual artist Kelly Horrigan, envision that this work encapsulated in the Social Justice Art Vestibule will empower ALL women to begin the important healing conversations and processes required to cultivate equity in our communities and reverse the toxic effects of “empire mentality” which practices economy without ecology.

 

 

Our Thoughts on How Change Happens Naturally: 

 

Nature shows us that change happens organically as networks of relationships form among a group or specie that share a common cause and vision of what’s possible. Rather than approach change through the mainstream left brained idea of achieving critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections. We don’t need to convince large numbers of people to change; instead, we need find our connections to each other. Through building relationship with each other we develop the new knowledge, practices, courage, and commitment that lead to broad-based change.

PARALLELS: 

This multi-dimensional art installation is showcased within the Hattie Carthan Herban Farm greenhouse, transformed into gallery space. These storyboards on feminine forms with tapestry & cloth correspond to our ancestral cultures. 13 storyboards analyze inequities existing in a variety of systems.

 

Vestibule is an anteroom leading into a larger space such as a passageway for the purpose of waiting. The opening of the vagina is located at the bottom of the vulval vestibule. The spherical shape of the vestibule mirrors the female form which defies the masculine square shapes and sharp boundaries that disconnect humanity.

 

The white cloth placates the unjust foundation captured by the “empire mentality” and resists homogeneity & sanitization of ancient concepts rooted in the fertile earth. The white cloth also erases the stains of guilt-hood captured and embodied in the feminine gender in religion and various institutions and offers hope in a world plagued by violence and bloodshed.

 

We’ve chosen the color red as a literal representation of the war that’s been waged on the planetary womb as well as women’s wombs worldwide. Red also represents the senseless violence on our planet. The use of red within the exhibition guides the viewer through the installation as a fluid conductor. Red serves as a sign of courage and empowerment.

 

The Herstory Timeline in the background is an overarching reminder of herstory and the contributions of women to the planet, as many of these events are not recorded anywhere in history.

 

The shelves of the greenhouse have been converted to an altar with the intention of the table being a physical structure representing the separation of dimensions and worlds. We use the table as the place that holds our prayers and offerings. @2015 Urban Bush Educator - Arts for Resilience

 

We invite women to communicate messages from the heart and belly that speak your truth – our truth. Please use the notepads provided to place your messages on the altar.

 

SUPPORTERS:
HATTIE CARTHAN FARM AND MARKETS 
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