Claudia Alick, Author at Calling Up Justice!

F* the Gala

F* THE GALA has been our year-long digital performance and social experiment around arts fundraising. Folks are experiencing liberating exploration of decolonizing wealth, critiquing toxic philanthropy, and analyzing our performance in the arts fundraising ecology. We received anonymous contributions of ideas from Fundraisers, Donors, and also artists. We have had special guests witness and contribute to artistic and thought provoking offerings throughout the year that resulting in a culminating event and report to the wider national arts community.

S.W.A.N.A.

SWANA stands for Southwest Asian and North African. This term is used to describe the region commonly referred to as the Middle East. SWANA is a “way to distinguish the region in geographical terms, rather than “political terms” as defined by the Western world”

Trek Table Season 3 2022

Calling Up Justice supports Dela Project Trek Table . Trek Table is a weekly livestream ritual holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and their Allies. We gather with Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, and the sci-fi curious to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery. Maiamama and Claudia Alick join as on air talent, segment producers, and graphic designers.

9 photos of claudia alick doing live writing sessions

NaNoWriMo and Early Words

We have been holding live writing sessions on tiktok using the EarlyWords platform. We love how it helps us track our word count and gives us encouraging prompts while we write. We were invited to participate in National Novel Writing Month and used this as our excuse to launch the live writes. We held 30 hours of writing over the month of November.

Protocols for Crip Podcasting

The Critical Design Lab developed the following protocols for crip podcasting in the design of the Contra* podcast. This podcast focuses on disability, design justice, and the lifeworld.

The People’s WPA poster by N’Deye Diakhate

A People’s WPA

To do this work, The People’s WPA will select a group of collaborators to support in a 6 month process. Our work will be organized around the themes of HEALING, NOURISHMENT, LIBERATION, REGENERATION, REMEMBERING, TRUTH TELLING, and DEEPENING DEMOCRACY, understanding these as vital ways in which community-based artists and cultural workers are steadfastly working to repair society and move us all into a more sustainable and enriching future.

Vader Thanksgiving

Artistic and Process Statement: Claudia Alick’s “Vader Thanksgiving” started with a desire to make a video that juxtaposed fascistic imagery with wholesome family centric imagery. It was Thanksgiving and Claudia was thinking about the evil origins of the holiday. She took traditional pilgrim imagery and generated images from it only choosing the most disturbing versions. She asked the platform to produce Darth Vader in a variety of idyllic of Thanksgiving Day themed scenes. After editing the images she added music from the Star Wars Holiday Special with Carrie Fisher.

Small Town Stormtroopers

Small Town Stormtroopers was created by Claudia lick. She was inspired by fascists imagery and beautiful things she pulled from growing up in a predominantly white small town. Many people have an idolized vision of police in their communities. This is satirical and meant to conjure the ridiculous. We laugh to keep from crying.

black women dont owe you anything 3 by claudia alick

Black Woman Don’t Owe You Anything

Claudia Alick’s “Black Superwoman” began as an exercise and became something more than the concept. The blends of vibrant colors, diversity of Black femme faces and choices of texture all carry powerful messages. I chose bright colors like red, white, and blue, and expanded by adding oranges and purple. It was meant to reference patriotic pallets as well as african-american styles and feminine iconography. In the art, there are lots of different hairstyles and head coverings that Black women wear.

CripTech Incubator and Gray Area Metaverse

VR, AR and spatial audio present significant access frictions and barriers for disabled users and creators; as such, this lab seeks to generate collective/participatory access

Author: Claudia Alick