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A citizen of the world, Jerri Allyn (she/he/shimmher) is a community-based artist, educator, and activist who promotes civic engagement. Her work provides a forum for diverse voices that look at issues comprehensively. While challenging traditional gender roles and highlighting the experiences of underrepresented communities, his art explores complex themes including power dynamics and the intersections of body autonomy, race, and social class. Jerri’s diverse artistic practice encompasses various media: audio, video and sculptural tableaus, electronic billboards, 3-D books, and printmaking multiples, often culminating in site-oriented, interactive installations and performance art events.
Allyn has exhibited internationally and received numerous prestigious awards. These include a Rockefeller Foundation Residency in Italy, an International Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Residency in Mexico, and grants from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Lightening Fund, and The National Tanes Fund.
Fr more information and research: Website link to Sx Cele popup, Safiya page. Safiya’s Myth Busters. Ongoing Programs: Sx Celebrated: Comprehensive Sex Ed, Body Positive Movement, Sx Worker Rights – Human Rights Watch.
[…] Jerri Allyn joined us to discuss Sx Celebrated: Expanding Erotic Power, a recent popup at DoLA, among other things. The title of the popup was written to get around online community standards that often don’t allow the word “sex” to appear in advertising copy. The project brings Allyn full circle from the co-founding of The Waitresses 30 years ago. To learn more, listen to the complete interview. […]