Cyrée Johnson
Cyree Jarelle Johnson is a Black non-binary essayist and poet living and working in Philadelphia, PA. Their writing considers disability as a cyborg femme reality, femininity as resistance and rebellion, and Black pessimism. They are a founding member of A Collective Apparition, a Black queer and trans interdisciplinary arts collective. Their work has been featured in publications both domestically and internationally including Black Girl Dangerous, Feministing, and most recently in the anthology Poems for the Queer Revolution.
Awarded Grants
2013
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
Related grantees
Overview
Cyrée will create Femme Dreamboat, a zine that curates and distributes the artistic work of Femmes, a queer gender that is typified by chosen, dispossessed, brazen femininity. This zine will be an informally distributed, handmade book that employs writing and collage to create a product that is both personal and political. Femme Dreamboat publishes art that emerges from Femmes of oppressed communities and exists as a platform for Femme artists to network and distribute their work to the larger queer community.
