Push for Change 2021: Celebrating Women's History Month
Happy International Women’s Day! For one of our favorite days of the year honoring womxn all across the globe, we’re kicking off our annual celebration of womxn creatives and artists for the rest of March.
We’re back with our annual Push for Change campaign for Women’s History Month! This year, we want to highlight some amazing artists and community leaders creating work and leading dialogues around the topics of gender equality.
Without further ado, we’d like to introduce the Curators/featured artists for Push for Change 2021.
Michela Negri is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in Italy. Her work often revolves around the relationship between womanhood and sexuality, intersectional gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and education.
She graduated from the Medardo Rosso Art High School and the IED (European Institute of Design) with honors in Illustration. She loves everything that belongs to the past (vintage clothes to tobacco pipes) and loves talking about feminism, sexual health and lgbtq+ topics.
Read Michela Negri's Interview on the Zooppa Blog!
Connect with Michela:
Instagram | Behance
Dominique Vari
Dominique Vari is an illustrator, designer and Creative explorer sharing positivity through Modern Art. Her career began in the corporate domain, where she worked as senior creative for leading branding agencies such as Interbrand and Landor.
Good things often happen by design and with a ‘Less is more’ approach, she produces eclectic ranges of designs. Her favourite themes reflect some of her life experiences and interests: women empowerment, mindfulness and well-being, getting closer to Nature, Minimal and Mid-Century modern style.
Connect with Dominique:
Instagram | Prints & More
Free the Work
FREE THE WORK is 501c3 non-profit initiative that provides a curated talent-discovery platform for underrepresented creators.
Promoting a holistic approach to hiring underrepresented talent, FREE THE WORK utilizes machine learning to generate intelligent discovery that connects creators with those who hire in the film, television, advertising, and media industries.
FREE THE WORK allows TV networks, film studios and brands to track quantifiable results for their diversity efforts across industries with a customized dashboard of diversity hiring data. It also offers educational tools, facilitates mentorship opportunities for creators, and acts as a collaborative social media platform. Members can connect with each other and work together on issues they care about.
Learn more about Free the Work
www.freethework.com | Instagram
Our Curators this year will be regularly curating and adding work to the Push for Change Discover Page on Ello. Share some of your works to the Push for Change category for a chance to be curated into the official page by the Ello staff! And make sure to tag us and use the hashtag #PushForChange for a chance to be featured on our socials as well.
And that’s not all—we’re launching our second Ello Creative Brief of the year later this week to celebrate Women’s History Month! Keep your eyes peeled for the chance to share your inspiring and uplifting artwork with our panel of curators and the rest of the world. 10 selected works will be featured on Ello and beyond.
We’re so excited to spend this month with you, celebrating womxn artists, exploring intersectional gender equality, and seeing the work you are creating around these topics.
Happy International Women’s Day!
