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damali ayo
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About damali ayo damali ayo is an emerging, fresh and poignant voice on dismantling oppression and catalyzing social change. damali engages these issues by creating accessible, interactive "Now Art" that involves viewers and participants in the process of creating art and generating dialogue. Her award-winning work has been shown at galleries across the world. She has spoken to Colleges, High Schools, Non-profits and communities in 20 U.S. states and Canada about race, diversity, art and eco-living. damali and her work have been featured in over 100 publications world-wide including Harpers, the Village Voice, Salon.com, the Washington Post, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, CSPAN2's Book TV. damali has worked as a professional diversity trainer, team leader, program developer and camp director, but chose to become an artist as an effective means of achieving progress. In 2003 damali created the internationally acclaimed web-art-performance rent-a-negro.com, which explores the commodification of race and the interactions between blacks and whites in society. damali's book, How to Rent a Negro was acclaimed as "one of the most trenchant and amusing commentaries on contemporary race relations." Her book was granted a 2005 Honorable Mention in the Outstanding Book Awards from the Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. Her radio work "Living Flag: Panhandling for Reparations" won a Silver Reel Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcaster
