Creative Practices for a New World

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How do we imagine our way toward a better world? From the clothes we wear to the architecture that surrounds us, aesthetics—the way we perceive and create meaning through beauty and art—can be a powerful tool for healing, justice, and liberation.

As an artist, abolitionist, educator, and one of the cofounders of the Black Lives Matter movement, Patrisse Cullors is no stranger to creating change in the world and bringing people together. As a multidisciplinary artist with a background in the abolitionist movement, she has hands-on experience and a deep knowledge of how aesthetics create and shape movements, mindsets, and perceptions of our own humanity.

Join Patrisse for a transformative conversation on how we can reimagine our creative practices as acts of care and resistance. Sharing insights from her latest book, We Make the World, Patrisse empowers us to use creativity to challenge oppressive systems, nurture connection, and build sustainable futures. Exploring themes of memory, care, ritual, embodiment, and imagination, Patrisse shares unique practices to harness creativity as a tool for healing, justice, and liberation.

Whether you’re an artist seeking new ways to express yourself, an activist craving creative tools to connect with your community, or someone yearning to experience firsthand how beauty creates justice, Patrisse invites you to make the world as we dream it.

Photo credit: Prayer to the Iyami For Allegories of Flight, The Broad, Photo by Giovanni Solis

Patrisse Cullors is the co-author of The New York Times bestseller When They Call You a Terrorist, and an educator, artist, and abolitionist from Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart and has been on the frontlines of the abolitionist movement with Black Lives Matter, Justice LA, Dignity and Power Now, and Reform LA jails. Also the founder of The Center For Art and Abolition, Cullors has popularized the term “Abolitionist Aesthetics” to challenge artists to aestheticize abolition. WE SAVE THE WORLD is her most recent book.

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