Artistic journey towards transformation, spirituality and feminist community healing by Cynthia Tom

30+ years of artistic exploration and curatorial/community productions/ programming. San Francisco based Cynthia Tom, shares her inspirations and healing journeys, including both personal and community ancestral trauma as teachers and shares examples of resilience. (40 min Talk, 40 min Community discussion) Flying Lessons, Inquire Within: Artist Cynthia Tom shares her journey towards healing, social justice and women’s empowerment.

Cynthia shares her artistic journey towards healing, social justice and women’s empowerment. The first half Includes a talk with slides and the 2nd half is a discussion with the attendees.

Timestamps
Chapters:

0:00 start

6:55 Cynthia’s early influences and jewelry

9:28 Injuries and Heroes as teachers

11:26 Ethnicity as inspiration

14:33 Ancestral trauma as teacher

19:40 Birth of Feminism as inspiration

23:06 What is feminist art? Inclusion in the Smithsonian Museum, USA

23:43 Labels and themes

25:40 Depression and Spiritual Awakening (art to inspiring navigating through chronic heartache)

30:42 Awakening to effects if colonization, the need for intuition and belonging

31:10 A PLACE OF HER OWN- Art based healing workshops

33:42 PLACE found object art creation

35:02 Acknowledgement to my earth angels Cris Matos and Sue Tom

37:23 Summary

40:27 Community Discussion

(Meet Mago Contributor) Cynthia Tom


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