Artists and cultural workers have always been at the forefront of movements for social change. Creative Wildfire provides funding and
support throughout the entire process of creative production, from proposal to distribution. The collaboration offers a unique opportunity for artists to engage in political education, delving into frameworks such as the Solidarity Economy, Environmental and Climate Justice, Disability Justice, and Just Transition. By connecting artists with organizations on the frontlines of our movements, and a two-year, six-figure financial investment, Creative Wildfire sustains art that is meaningful, visionary and strategically distributed. Our 7 brilliant artists will be paired with 7 frontline climate and economic justice organizations to build
relationships and collaborations that embody our liberatory values.
The following artists and organizations have been selected for 2023-24: - Adamu Chan with Richmond Our Power Coalition
Adamu Chan is a filmmaker, writer, and community organizer from the Bay Area who was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison during one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the country.
- Ashanti Fortson with Food For the
Spirit in Buffalo
Ashanti Fortson is an award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, textile artist, editor, and educator with a deep interest in difficult emotions, quiet moments, and the rifts and connections between human beings.
- kai barrow with Cooperation New Orleans
kai barrow is a member of the Antenna Collective and a founding member of Gallery of the Streets, a national network of artists, activists, and scholars who work at the nexus of art, political education, social change and community engagement.
- Lily Xie with Boston Ujima Project
Lily Xie is a Chinese-American artist and educator whose socially-engaged work explores desire, memory, and self-actualization for communities. In collaboration with local residents and grassroots organizers, she facilitates creative projects with a focus on public space, housing, and racial justice.
- Lizzie Suarez with Farmworkers Association of Florida
Lizzie Suarez is an arts and cultural worker from Miami using the practice of illustration to paint and meditate on liberation, kinship, and the dignity inherent in all people. Since 2019, Lizzie has used art as a tool
for community organizing and popular education.
- Roldy Aguero Ablao with Micronesia Climate Change Alliance
Roldy Aguero Ablao is a queer child of Guahan (Guam), with ancestors
from the Mariana Islands, Philippines and Korea. They are an interdisciplinary artist and experimenter, using photography, sculpture, fashion and performance as ways of understanding and creating culture, place and belonging.
- Trinidad Escobar with Crip Survival Network
Trinidad Escobar is a multidisciplinary artist from Milpitas, a town in the Muwekma Ohlone region of California, USA. She is a cartoonist of folk horror, Gothic and YA fantasy, and poetry comics.
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