Public Art Interventions
Post your Independent Woman photos with these hashtags: @thewomxnprojecthq #civilrights #equity #makingchange #artivism #activism #humanrights #inclusion #equality #diversity #equalrights #socialjustice #advocacy #reproductiverights #knowyourhistory #monuments #401 #oceanstate #socialgood #causes #support We love a deep dive into Rhode Island history. Particularly those histories that are not taught in school and are hidden from view. In their original plans from 1895, Rhode Island State House architects McKim, Mead and White sketched a female […]
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Ghoulish Justices The Womxn Project Education Fund (TWPEF) created these spectres in response to the June, 2022 decision by six Supreme Court Justices to repeal federal protection of the right to abortion. The Supreme Court’s decision in DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION overruled the precedents set in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. […]
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September 20: CRANSTON Location: Cranston City Hall & Cranston Public Library Time: September 20 at 8pm & 9pm Performer: Tammy Brown Visual Artist: Lois Harada Writer: Daria-Lyric Montaquila Historic Scholar: Dr. C. Morgan Grefe Cranston – named for the three-term Governor Cranston, protector of pirates and profiteers, captain and slave holder who helped to secure Rhode Island’s […]
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August 30: WOONSOCKET A sculpture and numerous articles document Abraham Lincoln’s visits to Woonsocket, where he spoke to crowds about the evils of slavery. But nowhere do we commemorate the anti-slavery convention that Fredrick Douglass convened at Woonsocket Falls in 1841, where he and local abolitionist Abbey Kelley were attacked for their speeches on the […]
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August 26: PROVIDENCE In June of 2020, (former RI) House Speaker Nichlas Mattiello stated that he was “unsure” if there had ever been slavery in Rhode Island. The Womxn Project chose Brown University’s most iconic building, University Hall, as a site for artivist projections on August 26th, to illuminate the fact that enslaved laborers not […]
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