In its 5th year, RRR returned to in-person programming.

During Phase 1, the cohort learned a variety of artmaking skills taught by several visiting artists, community partners, and RRR’s teaching artist. From placekeeping to social movement art to oral histories, women and queer community leaders accompanied the cohort to ground these artmaking practices in their identities and in social action. Guided by RRR alum mentors, fellows completed individual projects exploring art and interiority grounded in the artmaking skills and self/community-knowledge gained over the first three months of the program.

During the second phase, fellows worked with W.O.W. artist in residence Joy Mao, on her residency project exploring the question “what does it look like for garments to be vehicles for community building, capsules for living histories, and touchstones for imagining our futures?” Working hand-in-hand, the RRR cohort co-created motifs inspired by Chinatown’s abundance for Joy’s final capsule collection.

During the final two months of the program, the focus shifted outwards as fellows began to envision, plan, and execute a community-facing second project expanding on their Phase 1 individual projects. The program culminated in a final showcase in the Wing on Wo storefront where the RRR cohort shared their final projects and sat on a panel together discussing their experience in the program.