Speakers

  • Leah Gipson
  • Assistant Professor in the Art Theraphy and Counseling Department
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Leah Gipson is an Assistant Professor in the Art Therapy and Counseling Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). As an interdisciplinary artist and scholar, her practice uses Black cultural histories and the politics of placemaking to explore multiple strategies of social transformation. Her most recent project in Chicago, Care Sessions, brings local artists, organizers, students and community members together to support families who are bereaved and impacted by state violence and gender based violence.

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