Sista Creatives Rising - Arts & Media Mini Series
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We’re back in your feeds with an exciting new episode. Qudsiya had the opportunity to sit down with our incredibly talented digital media manager, and the newest member of our team, Amaranthia Sepia and her mom, Claire Jones. Together, Amaranthia and Claire founded Sista Creatives Rising, a one hundred percent virtual project that centers, showcases, and funds primarily homebound, BIPOC, and queer disabled creatives. Amaranthia, Claire, and Qudsiya talked about how Sistas came into existence, and the impact it has had in making opportunities for the artists and creatives it serves, to make their work visible, and to help them heal through creative expression.
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Sista Creatives Rising
Amaranthia Sepia & Claire Jones
About the guest:
Sista Creatives Rising (SCR) is a 100% virtual project (not a non-profit or LLC!) and concept founded by Black, invisibly disabled mother-daughter duo Claire Jones and Amaranthia Sepia. Fiscally sponsored by Black Womxn In NH Collective, we strengthen our community through virtual engagements, including our disability-accessible event, "Art & Mind." Through documentaries, short films, 3D virtual galleries, speaking engagements, and free resources led by therapists and disability activists, “Art & Mind" highlights these artists while fundraising at each event for our microgrant program, The Sistas Uprising Fund. We pride ourselves on working with primarily homebound, disabled, queer, BIPOC creatives & activists. We offer the perspective that virtual content has value and can provide audiences with innovative solutions for the often-overlooked disabled community.
Sista Creatives Rising has been featured by NHPR, Granite Post, 603 Diversity, Boston Compass Newspaper, TrooRa Magazine and more. The duo has gained support from The Puffin Foundation, Brain Arts Org and Mass Cultural Council (2023), Northstar Black Cooperative Fellowship (2023-2024), NH Women’s Foundation Women & Girls of Color Fund (2024, 2025) and NH Panther’s Black Excellence Grant (2024). They’ve collaborated with over 42 creatives and have distributed over $17,000 in funding since 2023.
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