Meet Her Hands: Maribel Falcón
"I do things that I’m inspired by. Doing things that I enjoy helps me nurture my creativity. I also focus a lot on taking care of myself... that also makes me be a better, more creative person.” —Maribel Falcon
On Identity In Austin: An Interview With Photographer Dahlia Dandashi
Born in Houston to a Lebanese and Syrian family, Dahlia is a multidisciplinary artist who grew up in Dubai.
On Taking Care of Yourself: Thoughts From the #BBATX Community
At our last community meet-up in Austin, Texas, we explored themes of synergy. We asked those who attended to contribute their answers toward the question: “How do you take care of yourself as you navigate opportunity, success and failures?”
Meet Her Hands: Karen Navarro
"In my work I explore themes related to personal and social identity and, femininity as a cultural construct. It expresses self-referential questions that connect in a much larger scale to these ideas of construction of identity, societal expectations and the understanding of the being. The work prompt a discourse about our subconscious will to comply with the contemporary societies' canons when these are in fact misleading.” — Karen Navarro
How To Network Like A Human Being
We deserve to meet people without feeling the pressure to perform.
On Big Synergy: A Series of Portraits by Bailey Dieckman
At our meet-up in May 2019, local photographer and artist Bailey Dieckman hand-crafted a photobooth demonstrating the ebbs and flows of synergy.
On Finding Flow: Three Reminders For Personal And Professional Patience
This summer, our programs will amplify women and nonbinary creatives, business owners and leaders who are exploring ways to find flow within their work, projects, causes and collaborations. As you move through our events for the next three months and hear their stories, we encourage you to keep the following three reminders in mind.
On Making Time For Yourself: 2019 Resident Artist DJ CASS&RA
Cassandra Shankman (a.k.a DJ CASS&RA) is a DJ in #BBATX’s 2019 Residency. In this interview, she talks about finding balance in a busy schedule, making time for mental health care and carving out her own space in the music industry.
On Finding Community And Comfort In Collaboration: 2019 Resident Artists Big Chicken and Baby Bird
Nat Bradford and Tsz Kam (a.k.a Big Chicken and Baby Bird) are a two-person collective and artists in #BBATX’s 2019 Residency. In this interview with #BBATX committee member Jen Rachid, they discuss how and why they became collaborators, as well as the inspiration behind their art.
On Negative Self-Talk: Why My Self-Care Journey Started With My Inner Dialogue
“Once I looked inward (rather than outward) to find my own form of peace and happiness, I found that my inner dialogue carried a lot more weight. I had to start with self-talk and figure out what my language was like.”