Tessa

Location
Southwest Philadelphia

Awarded Grants

2016
Art and Change Grant (ACG)

$2,500
Discipline(s)
Media Arts
Visual Arts
Social Change Intents
Cultural Preservation
Disability Justice
LGBTQI Social Movements

Tessa will focus on the experience and representation of aging lesbians with Alzheimer's and dementia through a portrait series, developed in collaboration with participants. The portraits will be printed alongside transcripts of corresponding participant interviews. The interviews will be aired on radio and streamed online. The portraits and transcripts of interviews will be published into a zine and mailed to aging lesbians with dementia across the country.

Hilary Brashear

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