SKIN COLOR
2023 - PRESENT
"It was a pleasure and a gift to have been there, thank you for bringing this project to life. I'am amazed that you could take an experience like finding that jar of "skin color", and live and breathe through everything it made you feel, then turn it into a springboard for meaningful exchanges like I experienced yesterday. You took something that could have closed doors and turned it into a living work of art that opens them."
-Florence M., Dallas,TX
Skin Color is a community driven interactive art performance that highlights the beautiful spectrum of skin tones beyond the concepts of race and class. Through lighthearted conversations and interactions, I hope to encourage others to see more in their skin color.
During my Skin Color sessions, I invite participants to engage in lively and enriching conversations about life, connections and identity while matching participants specific skin color with acrylic paint. The goal of the project is to encourage self-love and knowledge while building community. My goal is to color match at least 1000 people in and around Akron, Ohio area over the life of the project.
Skin Color was conceptualized in early 2023 after I encountered a container of peachy ink labeled “skin color.” This label caused Me to pause. I began to question her personal relationship with her own identity and skin color alongside mainstream marketing and societal implicit bias. Skin Color seeks to explore the ability to celebrate skin tone differences while healing an instance of implicit bias in a unique and positive way.
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