This week I’m welcoming Common Shapes’ very first guest, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo.

Lukaza (they/them/Lukaza) an artist, abolitionist, educator, storyteller, cultural worker and person of multitudes. Through a practice based in the printed multiple, community-based work and installation building, they invite the viewer to recall and share their own lived narratives, offering power and weight to the creation of a larger dialogue around the telling of B.I.Q.T.P.O.C. (Black, Indigenous, queer, trans, people of color) stories.

Listen in to hear us discuss—

• The web shape for creative work
• How to craft a studio practice
• Claiming our work as our main income stream
• How to weave your values and your activism into your sharing practices
• The radical history of newsletters

Links

• Get the Creative Ideation Portal
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter
• Find all these links & more at codycookparrott.com/commonshapes

More from Lukaza

• Visit Lukaza’s website
• Follow Lukaza on Instagram
• Subscribe to ROOTS WEBS NETS BRANCHES BULLETIN BOARDS

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