Your Creative Push

Roxanne Charles is a mixed media artist of Strait Salish and European descent. She is an active and proud member of Semiahmoo First Nation in Surrey, British Columbia where she promotes art, language, and culture.  Roxanne is a contemporary story teller whose goal is to touch, move, and inspire others through her work. She works with a wide range of media. Her work often explores a variety of themes such as spirituality, identity, hybridity, the environment, urbanization and various forms of structural violence. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/roxanne In this episode, Roxanne discusses: -Her artistic history and how she got to the point she was at today. -The moment that she realized that she could get back into art as a potential career. -How she uses art as a tool to engage in conversations with people. -Some of the issues that she tries to use her art to start the conversation, such as colonization and the displacement of women. -How creating an art community allows the art to be seen and touch