Art Studio

List of 2 members.

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  Ani Orantes-Seijo 

  5th - 8th Grade Visual Arts

  Bio

  Ani completed her Masters in Teaching from Seattle University, where she was a Martinez Fellowship recipient. Prior to student-teaching at Madison Middle School in West Seattle, Ani worked at Seattle University School of Law for 14 years. Ani loves providing opportunities for SGS students to authentically and joyfully connect with the arts.
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  Lulu Carpenter 

  5th-8th Performance & Media Arts

  Bio

  Luzviminda Uzuri “Lulu” Carpenter (aka Ms. Lulu or LuluNation) - she/her pronouns -  is a Media Justice Advocate, Educator, and Organizer. Currently, she is the Station Manager of KVRU 105.7 FM in SouthEnd Seattle; a Performance & Media Arts Teacher at Seattle Girls’ School, a social justice and STEAM middle school; Founder of Alphabet Alliance of Color (AAoC), a grassroots organizing alliance for Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (QTBIPOC); Teacher Advisory Board Member at MoPop Museum; Community Advisory Board Member at Seattle Theatre Group (STG) and member of Washington State Advisory Board to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. She has advised, worked and performed for over 15 years in Seattle with community organizations that helped to form her analysis around youth and intergenerational work, gender-based violence, media justice, art, and cultural work: Washington Hall, Ladies First Project of Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA), VoicesRising, Asian Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center (now APIChaya), Pinay sa Seattle (now GABRIELA-Seattle), OnTheBoards, the Service Board (tSB), YouthSpeaks, and as as a former Commissioner and Co-Chair of the City of Seattle LGBT Commission, and worked as a consultant at organizations such as Roots Young Adult Shelter, YouthSource, and YouthCare.
  
  

  Why I love Middle School: Middle school is the place where new empowered images of self can be created to counter what the world and media tells people what gender, race, and all socially constructed identities mean. I believe in every generation’s ability to develop new innovative solutions through art and media.