YOU CAN’T PRETEND A VIBE: A Conversation with Aja Monet of Smoke Signals Studio
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A poet brought art museum lovers to their feet. See how Aja Monet did it. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article134701124.html#storylink=cpy
What is freedom? It’s the power to speak and act without restraint. It’s the small act of resistance. And for poet Aja Monet, it’s the shared experience of power between Black women that speaks to our resilience and triumph, no matter our situation in life. Here, Aja takes us on a journey of a time she felt that empowerment and liberation, a time where fellowship…
January 21, 2017 1:10 PM EST – Artist Aja Monet recited a poem titled “My mother was a freedom fighter” at the Women’s March on Washington. Monet told the crowds that language is powerful and it was “the power of words” that got President Trump into office. (The Washington Post)
Nobel Women’s Initiative is celebrating a decade of supporting the women’s peace movement and amplifying women’s voices for peace, justice and equality! In September 2016 a book launch was held in Ottawa to commemorate 10 years of women-led action for peace. When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right at the Ottawa International Writers Festival on September 27. When We Are Bold is…
Carrie Mae Weems (Artist), Aja Monet (Poet) (photo: William Struhs) “I’m deeply aware of the stress that’s put on our community, the stress that’s put on black women, the stress that’s put on black men. It’s not a play, it’s really this battle.” — Carrie Mae Weems Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Carrie Mae Weems staging Grace Notes: Reflections for Now, a performance that examines…
Poems from manuscript “My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter”
Aja Monet Of Cuban-Jamaican descent, Aja Monet is an internationally established poet, performer, singer, songwriter, educator and human rights advocate. “Education was the village that raised me,” she stated. “I care about it because I recognize the difference it makes in my life and the impact it has on fine-tuning my vision.” Last spring, Aja relocated from her native Brooklyn to Miami, FL to open up Smoke…
Art can be entertainment, a relief from the struggles of our day-to-day lives. But it can also be a tool to make sense of these same struggles. Often there is an inherent tension in trying to reconcile the escapist qualities of art with its transformative power. In an age when the day-to-day has become life or death for many Americans facing systems that are inherently,…
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