WCAPS Art Forum

The WCAPS Art Forum seeks to create a safe space to encourage new ways of understanding how issues of peace, security, and conflict affect women of color globally and bring more people into the discussion of these important issues.

Past Events

October 10th, 2024

Venue: The Carter Center Cyprus Room | 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm

This captivating art showcase and insightful panel discussion titled "Redefining National Security for Women of Color: How Art Influences Policy-Making and Inspires Global Movements" explored the role of art in shaping our world and featured an esteemed panel of artists and thought leaders.

 A very special heartfelt thank you to The Carter Center for hosting the WCAPS Art Forum. Your support has been instrumental in creating a space for fostering critical conversations around global peace, security, art, and policy. Thank you for helping us bring this vision to life.

Art Submissions

  • Seven unique women laying over one another under a blue chromatic hue. This is part of a photo series promoting the idea that no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality, we all strive for perfection until the point of exhaustion.

    We Are One, Rhiannon Shakir

  • A watercolor and collage painting that considers the human toll of the Israel-Gaza War on the people of Gaza.

    Somewhere in Gaza #1, Nicole Anderson Cobb

  • Photograph of a person holding a rainbow flag in the air, taken at the march for Black Women 2017

    Black, Gay and Free, Promised Gourdet

  • Image of a semi abstract figure with a black silhouette and moving brushstrokes. This work represents the artist's journey as a black girl with paying homage to choreographer.

    Tight Like Glue, Courtney Brooks

  • Digital image of an acrylic painting. A white wheel chair is blended among a backdrop of yellow and blues.

    Wings of Freedom, Savitri Grover

  • Drawing of children and a dog are playing outside their grandparents home. Elder family members are watching from the porch as an older woman and adolescent girl embrace by a car.

    Illustration from "A Century for Caroline", TeMika Grooms

  • A watercolor painting that depicts a woman's eyes brimming with determination, partly obscured by a mask—symbolizing both protection and vulnerability. It captures the fierce resilience of women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Glory in Survival, Alfee Rubayet

  • A watercolor painting portraying a Rohingya woman during the height of the Rohingya crisis in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.

    In The Dark, Alfee Rubayet

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