Still Searching-Chicago's Missing Black Women | Latoya Flowers & Damon Lamar-Reed | TEDxQuincyStudio

Описание: In this powerful and moving piece for TEDxQuincyStudio, Artist Damon Lamar Reed and filmmaker Latoya Charisse Flowers present, “Still Searching: Chicago’s Missing Black Women and Girls.” The piece is a preview to the upcoming full-length documentary that follows Mr. Reed, an award-winning Chicago hip-hop artist and muralist, as he creates a vivid series of portraits featuring missing Black women and girls from the Chicagoland area for the past two decades. In the film, we’ll hear why he started painting these missing women and girls, his creative artistry and process behind each painting, and how he uses his artistic expression to keep their memories alive, in hopes of finding each missing victim. We’ll also hear about Ms. Flowers and her personal connection to the project and creative process for telling this story and and raising awareness around this important social justice topic. To learn more about the project, visit www.stillsearchingdocumentary.com Latoya graduated from the School of Visual Arts and received an MFA in Social Documentary Film. She’s currently directing and producing her first feature-length documentary, Still Searching supported by the Hulu / Kartemquin Films Accelerator Program and the Still I Rise Films Fellowship. She currently is a Senior Multimedia Creative at the Field Museum in Chicago and has made guest speaker appearances on ABC7 Chicago, CBS News Chicago, at the Chicago Botanic Garden, School of the Art Institute and More. Visit stillsearchingdocumentary.com

There’s truth to the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. Artist Damon Lamar Reed brings that truth to reality. From hip-hop to public art, he strives to create messages that reach the depth of the human condition.

After graduating from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Damon began his career as an Artist and entrepreneur. To date, he has created over 280 public art projects including: works for Super Bowl 46, Showtime(The Chi), Gatorade, the Chicago Blackhawks, Ticketmaster, and Sears to name a few. His work is featured in books such as, Kym Pinders’, Painting the Gospel: Public Art and Religion in Chicago. During the George Floyd riots, the BBC did a feature on the impact of Damon’s art; and recently News Nation, ABC, CBS, WGN and NBC featured him because of his latest series, Still Searching, where he paints portraits of missing women in Chicagoland. He is also filming a documentary with the same name backed by Hulu, Kartemquin Films and Still I Rise Films.

He is a true believer in the POWER of art and he uses it as a catalyst to change the world!

For more info visit www.damonlamarreed.com or @damonlamarreed on social media. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx