Through their work as an educator, solidarity economy organizer, and mixed media artist, Camila weaves together narratives of community, care, and cooperation. As well as their work at Transverse, Camila works at the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives as the Training & Education Coordinator. Recently, Camila was a member of NCBA & CDF’s Co-op Leaders and Scholars, sat on the board of Guilded Cooperative, and was an organizer with Anticapitalism for Artists. They graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, where they studied art and entrepreneurship and were a Worker-Owner of the Maryland Food Collective.
Ellie Yanagisawa
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Ellie, also known as Ellie the Cosmic Jelly, is a contemporary artist living and working in Baltimore, MD. Ellie’s work is rooted in their queer and Japanese American identities. It is also a reflection of their personal journey of healing through the lens of radical compassion. Ellie uses their power through art to inspire solidarity, upend systems of oppression, and visualize a future where all of our needs are met because it is possible. They have completed and assisted several murals throughout Washington, DC. Ellie believes in the power of activism through art and has mobilized community art builds with Black Lives Matter DC, Black Swan Academy, No Justice No Pride, Madison House, and more Black-led and QTBIPOC grassroots organizations.
