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.