2021 Calendar

The Calendar is approximately 9”x12” and printed on thick cardstock with a durable wire binding. 10% of all proceeds from this calendar will be donated to local BIPOC artists and organizations.

2021 Calendar: Practicing a World Beyond White Supremacy Culture

We have just endured such a year. Are you ok?  This is a truly formative time in human history and it is really hard.  There is no way but through.  I am feeling exhausted, and heartbroken and deeply moved and hopeful - in ways I've never felt before.  I am hopeful that some real societal growth and transformation of an unjust world is possible.  I believe that COVID-19 and the uprisings across the country have made fertile ground for learning and supporting each other in more ways than ever before.  I am a white, queer, middle-class cis woman living on unceded traditional lands of the Abenaki Nation - also known as Vermont.  This project feels like a prayer to me.  A spell.  An offering to the sacred in all of us.  I do not have a history with a particular faith or spiritual practice but I am starting to nourish something of that nature in the way I create art.  This year I have been listening to and learning from movement leaders, writers, activists, and healers. This collection of illustrations and thoughts are deeply informed by the work of so many of them. (See inside for comprehensive list of references and inspiration)

Each month corresponds to a different subject from “Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture” written by Tema Okun. These characteristics are things I wish to interrupt and unlearn inside myself and I am inviting you to practice this lifelong work with me. 

(January) PACE- Unlearning a sense of urgency (February) BREATHE- Unlearning defensiveness (March) PRACTICE CONFLICT- Unlearning a fear of open conflict (April) SINK. SUBMERGE. REMEMBER. Unlearning individualism (May) ALIGN- Unlearning power hoarding (June) CONNECT- Unlearning the idea that there is only one right way (July) REPAIR- Unlearning perfectionism (August) REDISTRIBUTE- Unlearning that progress = bigger/more (September) PROTECT- Unlearning quantity over quality (October) DEEPEN INQUIRY- Unlearning either/or thinking (November) GRIEVE- Unlearning the idea that logic is more valuable than emotion (December) CONSULT ANCESTORS- Unlearning the right to comfort