Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice
Creating conversations on equity in the arts in Lynn Ma.
Artist Partners
Daveth Cheth/@ddcheth
Daveth Cheth is a queer, non-binary Cambodian artist and activist who immigrated to Lynn when he was 9 years old. Exploring the mediums of art, dance, and spoken word, Daveth focuses his work around queer visibility and Cambodian heritage and culture.
Quing Oompa/@oompoutloud
Oompa is a nationally-acclaimed, Boston-born, poet, rapper, and educator, who is ‘forever representing the queer, black, orphaned, hood kids.’ She is the winner of the 2018 Unsigned Artist of the Year award from the Boston Music Awards and the 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam.
Ramon Santiago/@ramonsantiago41
Ramon Santiago was born in the Dominican Republic where he is one of the leading visual artists. He founded the ‘Luz Color y Sombra’ association to influence young artists in his field, and he continues to exhibit and sell his work all over the world.
Help us build a database of Lynn artists, makers, performers and creators!
The Team behind the imagining
Lynn Museum/ Lynn Arts
@lynnmuseum
In the heart of Lynn's Arts & Cultural District, the Lynn Museum was founded in 1897 to collect, preserve and illuminate the city's remarkable history. The museum has evolved into a vibrant cultural center, expanding its footprint to include the LynnArts building at 25 Exchange Street.
Creative
Collective/@creativecollectivema
Creative collective fosters growth, sustainability and scalability for small businesses, creative thinkers, organizations, entrepreneurs and innovators. We service the game changers, community leaders, municipalities and everyone that understands the importance of the creative workforce.
Art In the Park - Final Fridays
To create space and a center of belonging, this event was created by the community, for the community, and welcomed performers into Downtown Lynn.
Lynn Museum/LynnArts, Creative Collective, and Lynn artists Daveth, Oompa, and Ramon Santiago have been working on grant project through the New England Foundation for the Arts aimed at creating a creative database of Lynn artists with a particular focus on BIPOC artists. These are artists that are from Lynn and/or hold space in Lynn (live, work, practice). Through the database that we have been building, we have been speaking with BIPOC artists from the community to learn more about their experiences, challenges, and how they would like to be supported by the city and area arts organizations. This event is an opportunity for BIPOC artists to gather, hold space, and connect.
Produced and organized by Edwin Cabrera of Grindhouse Recordings and Rajaiah Jones this event was part of the Lynn Museum/ Lynn Main Streets monthly Final Fridays series.
