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Visual Artist Gio Swaby Centers on Black Joy as a Radical Act

Name: Visual Artist Gio Swaby Centers on Black Joy as a Radical Act
Uploaded: 2021-06-11T12:00:00-0500
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Description: As the daughter of a seamstress, Bahamian-born artist Gio Swaby says she grew up in a house that was teeming with colorful fabrics and threads. Today, Swaby uses textiles to convey the beauty, power and joy of Black womanhood. "In a system that would prefer to keep us inundated with grief," Swaby says, "it is a radical act to find joy."

As the daughter of a seamstress, Bahamian-born artist Gio Swaby says she grew up in a house that was teeming with colorful fabrics and threads. Today, Swaby uses textiles to convey the beauty, power and joy of Black womanhood. "In a system that would prefer to keep us inundated with grief," Swaby says, "it is a radical act to find joy."

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