Sakhi: Inherent Power

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It's an exhibition of works from participants in the organization’s summer Community Mobilization Arts Practicum, a youth-centered space that employed art and the values of the gender justice movement to explore and undo the silos of white supremacy. This program was developed in response to the efforts of youth survivors of gender-based violence to break the silence around their own alienation and oppression. Through their works, developed under the guidance of practicum mentors, these politically-engaged young artists demonstrate their inherent power, which exists regardless of the systems, institutions, and social structures that define and distribute power in our societies.

Organizers Veda Kamra and Azaadi Khan share:

Our Community Mobilization Arts Practicum sought to create a youth-centered space that employed art and the values of the gender justice movement to explore ourselves and undos the silos of white supremacy—those that manifest in adolescence, the workplace, the nonprofit sector, and museum spaces. The artists featured in this exhibition are active in youth environmental justice groups, savvy with protests and rallies, and deft at establishing community. To us, these works demonstrate our inherent power—a power that exists regardless of the systems, institutions, and social structures that define and distribute power in our societies. We are thrilled to present these works to you, and hope you will carry their calls to action well beyond the walls of this museum.