Project for Empty Space is thrilled to announce the release of A Womb of Violet, Volume II: Blackness, Resistance, and Being, edited and organized by interdisciplinary artist and writer fayemi shakur. This 156pg., Risograph printed art book includes a forward by Dr. Salamishah Tillet and contributions by Amina Baraka, Adebunmi Gbadebo, Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal, Andrea Chung, Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Bimpé Fageyinbo, Dominique Duroseau, K. Eleven Muldrow , K. Desireé Milwood, Jennifer Mack-Watkins, Kween Moore, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Margie ‘Mia X’ Johnson, Noelle Lorraine Williams, Nell Painter, Shoshanna Weinberger, tarah douglas, Tiana Webb-Evans, Shell Spin, Sundai Johnson, and Walidah Imarisha.

A Womb of Violet: Volume I is in the collections of The Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Newark Public Library, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, and the Library of Congress.

PES’ Story Lab partners with creatives and practitioners to develop printed matter that cultivates discourse around important social justice issues. We aim to promote artists whose work is oriented around social impact and create safe spaces for those artists and their audiences alike.

Womb of Violet, Volume II: Blackness, Resistance, and Being was created with the support of Patricia A. Bell and Nell Painter.

More About Project:
https://www.fourcornerspublicarts.org/magnitude-and-bond-2019
https://dreamplay.tv/bravissima/artist-at-work/a-womb-of-violet

Purchase: https://www.projectforemptyspace.org/shop/p/a-womb-of-violet-volume-ii


Edited and organized by fayemi shakur
Image Credit: Adama, Delphine Fawundu