San Diego Voyager Magazine interviewed me about my work as an Artivist.
“I want to say the greatest struggle was recognizing that I fit the white woman savior complex, but it actually wasn’t. Doing the antiracist work and verbalizing my racist history has not been AS challenging as I think it has been for some of my white colleagues. It’s still definitely hard, but not my greatest struggle. And I think it’s because, for a long time now, I’ve believed that the best art is vulnerable art, that the best people are vulnerable people. Even the decision of closing down my own theatre & film production company in order to focus less on producing my own stories and rather focus more on uplifting the voices of BIOPOC and LGBTQ2+ artists… was a no brainer. Sure, also a hard process, but not like other processes…”
– ME!
I participated in a roundtable discussion regarding International Men’s Day and Men’s Health Month.
“The Geena Davis Institute does research on women in films. They recently did a study on the representation of men in children’s television programming. It was very, very interesting. Through that they have been giving some materials out, some resources out to parents and all sorts of people about what can we do to address some of these stereotypes that we’re seeing in the media. So that’s where I’m at: these are some things I can do [not as a doctor or therapist, but as a feminist ally], where I think I can play a valuable role [in empowering men].”
– ME
I’m featured in Art & Object’s article on Artivism.
“‘To tackle complex issues like the criminal justice system, we absolutely require creative problem solvers and visionaries….’ [Snyder says] When evaluating an effective campaign, Snyder considers how artivists are changing behaviors, pointing out the difference between merely raising awareness through the use of a hashtag versus inspiring measurable responses such as visible, physical actions. Starting with a clear objective, artivists must be willing to ponder creative routes and employ tactics to measure the efficacy of their intentions, she says.”
– AMY FUNDERBURK
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“How to take something that could potentially be a dry topic and make it interesting could be by making it a performance where you [the participant] is not just watching a piece of art but interacting with it. That way it is used as a way of learning; learning who you are playing these games with and ultimately caring about them. You end up teaching each other… So you’re being very active in your own learning… And its fun.”
– JOSEPH AMODEI
Our music video parody “I’m Just a Vaccine” went viral on Occupy Democrats’ Facebook Page.
I was interviewed on the podcast Real Men Feel about the social media campaign I was doing for #InternationalMensDay.
“I think this song [‘I Don’t Want No Short Dick Man’] is terrible and I think it’s wrong and it made me want to do something as a feminist ally to prove that.”
– ME
Here’s a review from Adam Roberts at the Austin Chronicle for our production of ‘This is Our Youth,’ nominated for Best Ensemble at Austin Chronicle as well as Voted for Top 10 Duos & Trios by Austin Critics’ Table Awards.
“Director Dannie Snyder has done especially fine work here. The production’s vision is cohesive, its moments always motivated. Snyder has seen to it that the details aren’t left behind and that the big picture remains fully intact.”
– ADAM ROBERTS
Also check out this video about the production!