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On December 12th, Cady de la Cruz, Keegan Dunn, and Ami Polite sat down with moderator Sara Jacobson for a conversion about how environmental histories, cultural inheritance, and our ties to the land shape creative subjectivities.
On October 12th, Caitlin Cass, Ilaamen Pelshaw, and Ella Weber sat down with Michael Griffin to take a closer look at irony, contradiction and exaggeration as critical strategies in creative practice that subvert dominant narratives and challenge long-held assumptions with a wink and a smile.
“The idea of humans defined as against/outside nature is deeply embedded in our dominant culture. It’s baked into our vocabulary, and is mostly notably present in western, colonial, extractive culture. I’d like to find other ways to talk about what is natural or unnatural that don't entail ascribing a special status to humans. This is difficult.”
By championing exploration over expectation, we support creative work that investigates our present and inspires a more just, equitable future for our city.
Jewel Rodgers is one of Amplify’s 2026 Generator Series project recipients. Her project, All About Love, explores love as an active practice of self-awareness and repair. We sat down with Jewel to talk more about her work and what it means to love within bodies conditioned by histories of survival.