On Creating Synergy: Three Reminders For Personal And Professional Alignment
This Spring, our programs will serve as a moment to hear from and amplify women and nonbinary leaders in our community who create synergy through their work. As you move through our events for the next three months, we encourage you to keep the following three reminders in mind.
17 Women From Black History Whose Names You Should Know
In this post, you’ll find 17 women from Black history who have touched each member of our team in unique and transformative ways. We hope you gather as much inspiration from their legacies as we do.
On Claiming Your Seat At The Table: An Interview With First-Time Curator Jaelynn Walls
On February 22, 2019, “One for Us,” an exhibition featuring the work of 20 women of color from all parts of Texas, debuts at Big Medium Gallery in Austin, Texas.
On Keeping It Moving: What Makes Us Resilient?
At our last community meet-up in Austin, Texas, we asked, “What makes you resilient?” And the answers were as inspiring as they come.
On Asian Identities, The Arts And Representation: The Women of Missfits Fest
In this Q&A with the producers of missfits fest—Kristina Gonzalez, Nina Q. Ho, and Regine Malibiran—we dig into the program’s creative influences, media representation and tangible ways to improve diversity in our communities.
On Working With Materials, Subjects And Space: An Interview With Artist Amada Claire Miller
In December 2018, #BBATX partnered with The Line Hotel Austin to curate an art installation for the hotel’s lobby. We selected Amada Claire Miller—a Texas-based curator and artist, working with natural dyes and industrial materials to create sculptures, ceramics and textiles—to produce the installation. Throughout November and December, Miller collaborated with our staff and the LINE to create site-specific works that explored the ways light and shadows interact in the lobby, titled “The Strange Slant of Light.”
On Self-Love, On Self-Worth: A Portrait Series By Photographer Jinni J
On January 25, 2019 we hosted our Third-Annual State of the Uterus, a fundraising party for reproductive justice and human rights. And during the party, one of our artists-in-residence, Jinni J, installed an interactive portrait station. Jinni J invited each attendee to create a motivational reflection of themselves, transcribing their answer to the question “What Makes You Resilient?” on a hand mirror.
On Society's Treatment of Survivors: A Not So Sorry Poem By Nina Rose
Today and every day, we have the choice to speak up, and we must do so even when it’s unpopular or risky. We have nothing to be sorry for. In that spirit, we’d like to share a piece of writing by one of our committee members, Nina Rose Bailey.
Behind VOLUME: A Collection Of Influences On Texan Women And Nonbinary Artists
In 2018, #bossbabesATX and Chulita Vinyl Club collaborated to present VOLUME, a collectively built library of vinyl, zines and prints from the communities intersecting women and nonbinary artists.
On Resilience: Three Affirmations For 2019
As we step into 2019, our team has three affirmations of resilience in mind. Feel free to hold yourself accountable to these mantras, too (and if you attend any of our upcoming programs, share your musings on them with us in-person!).