Project: Where I'm Planted
, created by Seojung Lee
Project Description
Seojung Lee's art celebrates Asian American identities and encourages viewers to imagine futures they can’t yet see. Lee made four images of Asian American women, each of whom is confident and determined to bloom in the place they call home. The silk-screening works target audience members between the ages of five and eleven. Lee imagines them using the silk screens to make and wear t-shirts, thus raising awareness of Asian American identities in their communities. Seojung Lee believes social change begins through small and particular actions--like wearing her shirts to lift up Asian American women’s voices.
About the Artist
is a community-based graphic designer who works at the Women and Gender Advocacy Center at Colorado State University. She is a boundary pusher and relentless innovator interested in engaging social justice issues at the intersection of graphic design and community participation. Lee additionally believes in the power of graphic design paired with touchable experience. She sees this combination as an effective way of encouraging communities to stand up and celebrate marginalized identities.
