Ronda Wright will be conducting a Creating Artifacts of Home workshop organized by Social Action For Equality, a platform for creative social justice initiatives. These workshops began in response to the overwhelming rate of LGBTQ+ homelessness and bullying, the premise of these workshops is that we all have a relation to home; and that iron is an element necessary to sustain life. While engaging in conversation, each participant is given a brick of wax to create a symbolic artifact that reminds them of home as they share stories with one another. The artifact is then cast in iron, and installed as part of a larger collection of memories that reflect relations of Home. Participants’ artifacts link themselves not as “others” but to others, and their artifact will be added to a list of growing creators displayed during the exhibition. Workshop participants will receive an Fe= For equality patch that links them together in a shared experience. To date, there have been approximately 1,500 participants across the country.

Materials will be provided. Artifacts sculpted at this workshop will be cast in iron at a later date by Wright assisted by University of Tennessee sculpture faculty and students.

Artists: Ronda Wright and Kay Dartt

Creating Artifacts of Home