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We had an amazingly successful summer program with our partners Honey Shine,  Breakthrough Miami, Urgent, Inc. and Pridelines Youth Services. In addition to the Graffiti Girlz Rising project executed with students from Honey Shine, we also offered our regular WOTR … Continue reading →

MOCA NoMi and Women on the Rise have the special honor of presenting the year’s most talked-about and influential documentary film ~ the film that is taking audiences around the world by storm and influencing perhaps the most significant factor … Continue reading →

Girls from Honey Shine Summer Camp took a field trip to see the fabulous Wynwood Walls with Women on the Rise Artists. Not only did we have a chance to tag over some graffiti works with chalk… We also created … Continue reading →

After looking at the work of Shinique Smith, an artist inspired in urban graffiti writing, whose work also includes soft sculptures made of fabric bundles, Honey Shine girls experimented with these materials and an aesthetic inspired in Shinique’s work. Here … Continue reading →

  Ms Jess worked with Honey Shine participants to develop their own tag, and then to design a graffiti work on a train car. Below are some examples of the designs the girls came up with.  We were blown away … Continue reading →

Women on the Rise Guest Instructor Jessica Pabón has been teaching a Graffiti Girlz Workshop to students attending Honey Shine summer camp for girls.  Here are some highlights of the workshop, which includes images and discussion of graffiti work done … Continue reading →

WOTR starts summer sessions tomorrow at various sites with a workshop focusing on the work of Ellen Gallagher. Looking forward to the projects that we will produce inspired by this work.

Visiting Instructor Jessica Pabón, PhD: “I want to introduce the girls to the empowering sociopolitical potential in producing graffiti art. I’ve developed a 7-session curriculum designed to teach them about: the ethnic lineage and diversity of artists and styles; the gender politics … Continue reading →

After touring the exhibition at MOCA, we began working on projects inspired by artist Shinique Smith Resident artists from WOTR worked with students in assembling works that included fabric, yarn, 3-d objects & canvas panels We discussed Shinique’s visual language … Continue reading →