Amy June Breesman
Amy June is a woodworker, photographer and printmaker raised in the D.C. area and based out of West Philadelphia for the past four years. Throughout the mediums she works in, she strives to promote inclusivity and social justice in all of her work. Her projects most often center the identities which she holds: queer and Indigenous, and seek to promote positive representation of those so often othered.
Awarded Grants
2017
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
Amy will attend the annual First Nations celebration in West Philadelphia and travel to the east coast's only LGBTQ/Two-Spirit pow wow in upstate New York. Through these travels, pow wows, interviews, and casual meet ups, Amy will photograph those who would like their image taken in a location and attire of their choice. Amy’s goal is to create a body of work that illustrates the beauty of North American Indigenous culture, particularly where it intersects with other identities of urbanized, mixed race, or queer, as they see themselves, rather than from an outside colonial gaze.
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