Arijino the Practice of Naming Myself

Artists have a role to play in nurturing and supporting cultural memory. Through our artwork, we can share stories, demystify histories, or be a conduit for ancestral connections to the next generation. We can celebrate traditional practices in ways that feel safe. We are a witness at the periphery of society with the responsibility to tell the truth. We can make visible cosmologies other than those of the prevailing culture and hold space for alternative worldviews. At various times, such work can be profound acts of resistance; alternatively, they can be soft reminders to rest and contemplate.
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LaVonna Varnado Brown is a multidisciplinary artist and community worker. She earned a BA from Southeastern University Louisiana with a focus on Theatre and Liberal Arts. After studying abroad in London and Paris in the summer of 2009, LaVonna has worked as an installation artist, artist advocate, teaching artist, and tutor in and around New Orleans. LaVonna creates mixed media visual art that is Afrofuturistic in aesthetic with odes to history, the Divine Feminine, and floral daydreams abounding. Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that explores the intersection of art and history with intention to inspire action in the now by healing beyond trauma. In addition to creating multimedia works, LaVonna curates intentional workshops and expos with a focus on healing and raising spatial awareness. Through her work she hopes to uplift the narrative of rest, joy, resistance, and abundance

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