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Creatives Making Moves podcast spotlights passionate women artists and creatives who are making bold moves as entrepreneurs. Each week black women creatives share their experiences slaying the art world, lessons learned, and tips on how to live your best creative life. We talk about how to refine and grow your passions, self care, business strategies, time management hacks, and how to overcome blocks to fully step into your creative genius. Soak in the power of black women creatives! Ready to feel inspired and make an impact?
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Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Finding balance is her art. Meet Melani Douglas an artist, educator, and curator who focuses on socially engaged art and bringing artists together. She founded the Family Art Museum, a nomadic non-collecting institution focusing on family as fine art, home as curated space and community as gallery, and is the Director of Public Programs at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She sees everything in her life as part of her art practice, including being a mother and friend.
In this episode learn how Melani is cultivating peace during the pandemic, her experience as a black woman in a white institution, and exciting new projects she’s working on, including one with artist Halim Flowers called Art as the Answer.
Melani talks about:
- How she’s been doing during this pandemic and what motherhood means to her.
- How she holds space for her life as a curator and artists, and how she sees them as interconnected.
- The story behind how she met Halim Flower’s and why they started working together in an instagram mini series.
- She tells us about her role at the National Museum of Women in the Arts as the Director of Public Programs and how she is navigating that space.
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