Black and white headshot of Shana m. griffin - a black woman with long dark braids, wearing a black garment. She is looking directly at the camera, not smiling.
Shana M. griffin
Loeb/ArtLab Fellow
2024-2025

Shana M. griffin is a feminist activist, sociologist, abolitionist, artist, and geographer based in New Orleans. Her practice is research-based, activist-centered, and decolonial, centering the experiences of Black women most vulnerable to violence and social exclusion. She is the founder of PUNCTUATE, a feminist initiative integrating critical research methods with activism and socially engaged art. She is cofounder of Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, the first community land trust in New Orleans.

Learn more about Shana M. griffin’s studio work at ArtLab.

Interdisciplinary Feminist Practices as Insurgent Possibilities: Artist Talk with Shana M. griffin

Shana M. griffin on Resisting Reproductive Violence in the Built Environment

Headshot by Jeremy Tauriac. Studio photos: Mack McKenzie, ArtLab at Harvard University.