Welcome to episode nine of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. In this podcast, PartnersGlobal co-executive director, Roselie Vasquez-Yetter speaks with Anne Labovitz, a visual artist, author and activist from St. Paul Minnesota, who creates work about how political, social, and cultural platforms can be turned into personal acts of care.

Anne Labovitz is Artist Founder and Producer at 122 Conversations and Artist Founder and Managing Director at I Love You Institute. She is a contemporary artist whose work addresses themes of human connection, the immersive power of color, and radical care in art. Labovitz’s research-based practice combines painting, sculpture, light, installation, mixed media and social practice to address ideas by activating color and light in large-scale immersive work. As part of Labovitz’s artistic praxis, she connects to communities through artistic intervention, activism, anti-racism, and public co-creation.

PartnersGlobal is a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that advances resilient civic space throughout the world by focusing on authentic partnership, locally-led solutions, inclusive processes, and conflict sensitivity to bring about more peaceful, secure, just, and accountable societies. Partners envisions a world where civil society thrives, change is managed peacefully, rights are protected, and democracy can flourish. Visit our website at www.partnersglobal.org and follow us on social media. Music for this episode is created by Tuesday Night from Pixabay.