2020 THEME

TRANSFORMATIVE POWER

Venice Williams, Executive Director of Alice's Garden (center), delivering closing thoughts at the Artists' Reception for SWAN Day MKE 2019's exhibit: Water: Reflection, Ritual & Resource

PHOTO CREDIT: JAKE HILL PHOTOGRAPHY

"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about."

- Margaret J. Wheatley

"Women have an unique power of being able to look at the world's problems and discover solutions that transform lives and make the world a better place."

- Dr. Ayanna Howard

"Fill your life with women that empower you, that help you believe in your magic and aid them to believe in their own exceptional power and their incredible magic too. Women that believe in each other can survive anything."

- Nikita Gill

Artists were invited to create a piece that expressed their thoughts, relationship, experience, or practice in relation to transformative power.

Artists were asked to consider the following as a catalyst for their exploration of the topic:

How can feelings of powerlessness be transformed to empowerment?
Your power to transform yourself, others, the environment, and society.
How is power transferred and transformed?
In what ways do women hold power?
In what ways do artists hold power?
What is the transformational power of art?
What role do artists have in transforming their communities?

Artists were additionally invited to submit an optional artist statement and reflection on the theme. Artists statements are linked on individual's pages, where applicable.

All media was welcome, participants were simply asked to use a 12 inch circular base as the foundation of their work.

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