The Workers Studio
New york • sol aramendi
From the 2021-2022 We, Women nationwide exhibit.
About the project
The Workers Studio is a series of engagements and exchanges between Sol Aramendi and immigrant community members who document their daily lives, their labor, and mutual aid circles. Though immigrants hold jobs crucial to the positive growth of the economy, they’ve been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite that, the extractivist economy hasn’t deterred these women in creating alternative care systems for themselves and their community.
The photos included here were created by Maria Abeja, Verónica Ramirez, Elizabeth Tolalba, Araceli Domínguez, Valeria Reyes, and Sol Aramendi. Illustrations by Sara Vera. Collaborators include La Colmena Community Job Center, Mujeres en Movimiento, Brightly Cooperative, and Apple Eco Cleaning Cooperative.
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About the Artist
Sol Aramendi is a socially engaged artist working with immigrant communities throughout New York City. Her participatory practice promotes change around fairer labor and immigration conditions. She is the founder of Project Luz, a nomadic program that uses photography and art as a tool of empowerment. She is a 2018 Open Society Foundations Moving Walls fellow and also received fellowships from A Blade of Grass (2015), the Ford Foundation (2018), and NALAC. (2018).