Tiana Webb-Evans
Tiana Webb-Evans is the founder and creative director of Yard Concept, an arts and culture platform to foster critical consciousness. Yard Concept is formed by a digital journal, gallery, and ‘happenings’ dedicated to fostering consciousness through the engagement of art, design, and community. Webb-Evans is also the founder of Jamaica Art Society, a social initiative designed to preserve Jamaica’s art history and invest in its future leaders. Besides writing about art and culture and advising and supporting emerging artists, Tiana Webb-Evans serves on the boards of several projects, such as the Female Design Council, BRIC Chair’s Council, Laundromat Project’s National Advisory Board, and Project for Empty Space. She has stated: “I am consumed with art and its ability to shift and shape culture. Building community around art (and design) is the work I’ve dedicated my life”
About her work in WOV II:
Webb-Evans’ essay “Sister Stranger” has a common theme of feeling (and being) an outsider. From race to religion, hobbies, and personality traits, the author states that “In a sea of women the world would easily dismiss as the same, floats women who are oceans apart.”
“Sister Stranger” is a cry for Pan-African sisterhood, as she states: “To survive the ravages of this [globalized racial] construct we are required to foster a basic sense of unity and that very unity requires the love and celebration of difference and recognition of our complexity and humanity.”
You can learn more about her work at yard-concept.com