In this episode, we hear from Adia Jamille, Fiber Artist and Doula. As long as she can remember Adia Jamille has been creating. In this episode, she shares what is was like growing up as a creative spirit and at a young age setting a goal to one day exhibit her work in museums.
Adia reveals that her enslaved ancestors worked on indigo plantations and the life changing opportunity that inspired her to bring the practice of growing and working with indigo to her studio practice in Tucson, AZ
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Adia Jamille, image courtesy of the artist.
New Freedom Codes: Sit Here, 2023, mixed fiber media, raw silk eco printed with okra and cotton leaves, silk organza dyed with organic indigo and then screen printed, linen dyed with organic indigo. Image courtesy of the artist.
New Freedom Codes: Eat Here, 2023, mixed fiber media, raw silk eco printed with okra and cotton leaves, silk organza dyed with organic indigo and then screen printed, linen dyed with organic indigo. Image courtesy of the artist.
Collage depicting process using cotton bolls to dye fabric for pieces to become part of “Ancestral Tethers.” Image courtesy of the artist.
Detail of Hoodoo Flag featured in a the documentary Conjure: The Docuseries by Larisha Stone. Image courtesy of the artist.
Exuberant (Progeny #3)- part of a triptych, mixed media embroidery. Image courtesy of the artist.
In this episode, we hear from Julius Schlosburg, Photographer based in Tucson, AZ. First, we announce that the Arts Foundation has launched its new...
This is a special episode of Artistories because we welcome our first poet, Cameron Quan Louie. He talks about the project for which he...
In this episode, we feature Barbea Williams, a renowned Dance maker, Entrepreneur and Cultural Practitioner. She is the founder and artistic director of the...
