Art & activism in solidarity with Black and Indigenous communities through reading & bookmaking #SolidarityBook | Directed by Sonya Clark (@syclarkart)
Our new website is live!
We’ll be growing and sharing more of the website over the next few weeks. Come check it out!
https://t.co/TENAeEXXQw
#SolidarityBook
We carefully tried to corral (not snatch!) the edges of #BlackDH— not edges like marginal, but edges like coastline, the electricity in finding new links & nodes: "data driven" installation art fr @thistimeitsmimi, a community book arts project fr Sonya Clark's @SolidarityBook +
Solidarity Book Project (@solidaritybook), a collaborative art project supporting access to books for Black and Indigenous communities, directed by @syclarkart and reviewed by Zanice Bond #ReviewsInDH https://t.co/VD1zH197pb
In 2021, @SolidarityBook invited Amherst and beyond to combine solidarity with art. Created by Prof. @syclarkart '89, the project raised $100K from the College for orgs that support Black and Indigenous communities.
A look back at this #Amherst200 anti-racism effort. Thread ⬇️
Here are the last 3 nonprofits that
are recipients of the funds you helped raise with your
participation in this project! @TomaquagMuseum, @UNCF, and the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project. We could not be happier to support these organizations!
The Monument is slowly coming down, book by book. Half your books will be mailed back to you, the other half will live in the Amherst Archives & Special Collections. But the project is not over!
Visit: https://t.co/QCQQtWKOW6
to read more about how you can start your own SBP!
Today we are featuring the next three of
the nine nonprofits that will be recipients of some of
the funds that you helped raise. These nonprofits embody what the SBP is all about: supporting Black and Indigenous communities through education and art!
The Solidarity Book Project mourns the
passing of our newest cultural ancestor, bell hooks.
Thank you to those who acknowledged her work in
thinking through our project.
Book sculpted by Rage Hezekiah.
Rest in power, bell hooks.
The Solidarity Book Project mourns the
passing of our newest cultural ancestor, bell hooks.
Thank you to those who acknowledged her work in
thinking through our project.
Book sculpted by Rage Hezekiah.
Rest in power, bell hooks.
Today we are featuring 3 of the 9 nonprofits that will be recipients of some of the funds that you helped raise! American Indian College Fund, Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, and Gedakina
Read more or find out how to donate at: https://t.co/eR3RdGwViL
Have you visited our website yet? Andrew Smith, the Creative Developer and Digital Designer for the Solidarity Book Project, has been hard at work archiving all aspects of the project for you to experience virtually! Take a look! Link in bio
Over the past year, I’ve been working on an amazing effort with the @SolidarityBook Project team!
I designed our website, which is an archive of all of the work & community participation that’s gone into the project
Check it out https://t.co/jfS4EoRI9L
Our website is live! Check out this page of #SolidarityReflections! In our first call to action, we asked what solidarity meant to you and you responded with these beautiful reflections .
Keep checking back in as we will be adding to this website over the next few weeks.
We are distributing $100k amongst nine nonprofits that YOU nominated and that align with the mission of the project.
All of these organizations serve Black and Indigenous communities with a focus on education and book knowledge. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE!
Last Friday was the closing reception for the Solidarity Book Project! This event featured student, faculty, staff, and alumni speakers who addressed topics from student activism to double dutch to the relationship between art and institutions. Thank you to everyone who came out!