Micah Bazant - Anti-Racism and Creative Practice

Visiting artist Micah Bazant is a trans, Jewish artist and organizer.

The Washington University Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies along with the Academy for Jewish Religion, California (AJRCA) welcome Micah Bazant - a trans, Jewish artist who works with liberation movements to reimagine the world.

The presentation, "Anti-Racism and Creative Practice," is a part of the course, "The Jewish People in America: Race and Ethnicity," but will be open to the public via Zoom at the link provided.

Zoom: https://wustl.zoom.us/j/91274152263?pwd=ZG5hc21qZ2dSV0s0azNoU2FsNUxvUT09
Passcode: 696859

Micah Bazant created the underground Jewish trans zine Timtum in 1999 and co-founded the national Trans Day of Resilience art project, which has supported trans artists and poets of color since 2015. They have collaborated with hundreds of organizations including Sex Worker Organizing Project, Jewish Voice for Peace, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Sins Invalid, the Movement for Black Lives, Climate Justice Alliance and more. In 2019 they received the "Art Is a Hammer" award from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Bazant’s work has been featured in many exhibitions, films, and publications and is held in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Library of Congress. More importantly, their art can be seen at protests, abortion clinics, classrooms, prisons, and LGBTQI community spaces all over the world. The foundation of their work is a deep belief that all our liberation is bound together. The foundation of their work is a deep belief that all of our liberation is bound together.

Half of the artists fee from this speaking engagement will go to support their friend, Ashley Diamond

For more information, contact Maxwell Greeberg (gmaxwell@wustl.edu) or Julia Clay (jclay@wustl.edu)