Speakers

  • Tasha Dougé

“Tasha Dougé is a Bronx-based, Haitian-infused artist, artivist & cultural vigilante. Her body of work activates conversations around women, advocacy, sex, education, societal “”norms,”” identity and Black pride. Through conceptual art, teaching, programming, and performance, Dougé devotedly strives to empower and to forge broad understanding of the contributions of Black people, declaring that her “”voice is the first tool within my art arsenal.”” She has been featured in The New York Times and Sugarcane Magazine. She has shown nationally at RISD Museum, The Apollo Theater & Rush Arts Gallery. Internationally, Dougé has shown at the Hygiene Museum in Germany. She is an alum of the Laundromat Project’s Create Change Fellowship, The Studio Museum of Harlem’s Museum Education Program, Haiti Cultural Exchange’s Lakou Nou residency, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute’s Innovative Cultural Advocacy Program and their inaugural Digital Emerging Artist Retreat. “