shauna caldwell (she/her) is a White, Appalachian artist, educator, curator, and scholar rooted in her hometown of Boone, North Carolina. She uses multimedia and photographic processes to honor land, familial connections, sacred relationships, and transformation. Through her practice, she explores collaborative opportunities for the expansion of Appalachian placemaking and liberatory feminist belonging through the arts and loving community. caldwell received BFAs in both Studio Art and Art Education, an MA in Appalachian Studies, and an advanced graduate certificate in Non-profit Administration at Appalachian State University. She has exhibited her work locally, nationally, and internationally.
As a White artist, I am working to recognize how my undeserved privilege can be used to generate more equitable spaces for Black, Indigenous, and Folks of the Global Majority in my communities. Being dedicated to this work and to the equal treatment, opportunity, and visibility of my colleagues, I will not exhibit my work in spaces that do not include and represent artists of color. - shauna caldwell
PC: Joshua White