WELCOME
To anyone and everyone who is interested witnessing the many ways that art can be used for healing, reflection, Indigenous resistance, and dialogue.
Artwork By Lajah Sage Warren
My practice moves between making and facilitating, in an attempt to create conditions for others to use creativity as a way of understanding their own experiences and the world around them.
Previous Work
Some previous collaborations have been with City of Victoria, 4CULTURE Seattle, Songhees Nation, GHD Engineering, Royal oak Shopping centre, Victoria Harbour Authority, and more. She has been recognized for her work as a recipient of the BC Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Annual Award and the Witness Legacy Award for Social Purpose and Responsibility through Art at the Greater Victoria Regional Arts Award.
Click on a photo below to see links, descriptions, and examples of previous works.
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Mission
Artwork By Lajah provides artwork and gathering spaces for community members to converse about the intersections of culture, resistance, Indigenous futurisms, and art. This is done through creating ‘Indigenized art with an impact’ (traditional art mixed with expressive art techniques, accompanied with stories or reflective prompts) and offering gathering spaces that foster a sense of cultural and tribal allyship.
Vission
To create equitable artistic spaces/resources for communities to build culturally responsive understandings on both local and international scales.
Values
Indigenization, global allyship, expression, innovation, community and artistic integration
Philosophy
With these values in mind, Artwork By Lajah believes that people of the global majority (black, Indigenous, and people of color) are often not given equal opportunities to access art and artistic spaces. Due to colonization, inaccessible platforms to access art, and gatekeeping within art spaces, high quality art and gatherings often are geared towards upper class- white audiences and institutions. So, Artwork By Lajah offers multiple ways to engage. Through sliding scale pricing models for print sales, through doing larger commissions with institutions, and through offering by donation gatherings to specific organizations/individuals, Artwork By Lajah can sustainably offer accessible art and artistic gatherings to individuals who are often left out of these spaces.