Creating the Space & Knowing Our Value: On Being A Black Artist in the Design Community
Last summer, I attended an outdoor music festival and Janelle Monáe yelled into the microphone, “I love my beautiful black people!!!” The crowd went wild. I felt seen and connected to my blackness in a way I rarely feel, even in a culturally diverse city like Brooklyn, New York. To find my communities I must […]
Last summer, I attended an outdoor music festival and Janelle Monáe yelled into the microphone, “I love my beautiful black people!!!” The crowd went wild. I felt seen and connected to my blackness in a way I rarely feel, even in a culturally diverse city like Brooklyn, New York. To find my communities I must seek them out. I settled in to watch a young, openly queer black person put their art into the world. A sense of belonging is so comforting and irreplaceable. I can feel underrepresented as a QTPOC in creative spaces, often being the only black artist at a by-invitation networking event or conference. I spend a lot of time on the computer marketing my knitwear brand and sharing my journey as an independent designer. When I launched my shop on Etsy seven years ago, seldom did I see a black model or shop owner featured on what was the very coveted treasury home page. I wondered, is this platform for me" I ended up carving out space and listed 27 products, all modeled by black women. The first time my shop made it to Etsy?s home page, I flipped out!
I later participated in a market hosted by the Black Resource & Identity ...
Last summer, I attended an outdoor music festival and Janelle Monáe yelled into the microphone, “I love my beautiful black people!!!” The crowd went wild. I felt seen and connected to my blackness in a way I rarely feel, even in a culturally diverse city like Brooklyn, New York. To find my communities I must seek them out. I settled in to watch a young, openly queer black person put their art into the world. A sense of belonging is so comforting and irreplaceable. I can feel underrepresented as a QTPOC in creative spaces, often being the only black artist at a by-invitation networking event or conference. I spend a lot of time on the computer marketing my knitwear brand and sharing my journey as an independent designer. When I launched my shop on Etsy seven years ago, seldom did I see a black model or shop owner featured on what was the very coveted treasury home page. I wondered, is this platform for me" I ended up carving out space and listed 27 products, all modeled by black women. The first time my shop made it to Etsy?s home page, I flipped out!
I later participated in a market hosted by the Black Resource & Identity ...
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