This page will feature artworks Dr. Player has created as part of the data analysis process.  These images will be visual representations of the themes, understandings, and knowing that arose from the data collected from the project. Actual pieces of data–including artworks, photographs from the project, writing, and words from transcripts–as well as illustrations of more abstract themes that arose throughout the data–are arranged thematically on canvas. In addition, the materials used are those used during the workshops the girls ran during the gallery exhibition–paint, beads, collaging, and markers. Drawing from Sanjana’s description of the gallery we created–“a dream-like world”–each canvas is arranged to represent a “dream-like world” that reflects a theme that arose from the data. These images serve both to convey ideas to a larger audience and will be used as launching off points for more traditional academic writing about the project.

Acrylic, Beading, Photographs

Home, came up a s a theme throughout the project–from the naming of the Simmering Spices, a name that evokes the kitchen and both the excitement and beauty of the flavors of BIPOC kitchens and the nourishment and soothing that happens there; to the representation of homes in the artwork we curated; to the efforts the Spices made to center home in their gallery and teaching design.

Acrylic, Canvas, Beading

This is one of the representations of “story” that came up through the data.  In addition to the vibrancy of GFOC story, the Spices also highlighted the way silence can convey meaning as well.  The way we listen and notice GFOC silence matters.

Acrylic, Canvas, Paper, Photographs, Beading

The second canvas representing GFOC story focuses on the loudness and vibrancy of GFOC stories.  This image weaves together photographs from the project, images from art pieces that were featured in the gallery, and pieces of art that were made during gallery workshops.

Acrylic, Canvas, Paper, Photographs, Beading

This is a representation of the gallery itself. This speaks to the ways GFOC make spaces for themselves when they don’t exist, a practice they have always done in dominant spaces.  Here, specifically, GFOC build artspaces full of making, pondering, and viewing art with and for one another.