Community Artist Tanya Nixon-Silberg FINDS POWER IN REPAIR

INSIDE THE BUSTRING BOSTON STDIOSS OF ARTITS FOR HUMPTS, A GRUPTTS, SURROUndS. HUMS, SURROUnded by HUMSICS, SURROUend. UPSTAIRS, ANOTHER GROUP HAS GATHERED WITH TANYA NIXON-SILBERG for herr Workshop “Indigo Black.” The TABLE, PIALS OF BLUE FABRIC HINT AT THE PROFECT’S Next.

“Indigo Black” isn’t just an Art Class – IT’S ANTTH Youth to Connect Youthth and Reclaim of the Indigo Piece of the HERITAGE. Indigo, a lliest integral to the History of Black Astronalians, Was Grown and USed Extens Antherly Affalone BY AFRAVED AMERTA, A FACT THIS WAS NEW TO MANY ATTENDING AMYTSHOP.

Nixon-Silberg, 46, WAS INDIGO Black “indigo Black” indigo Black “at 2025 Presidential Euron. “ILive HEARING NEWER PERSON SAY THIS OF THE REAMATION, BECAUSE IT MEANS THATHENKING WAS KKEN AWAY, AND THEN GET TO TAKE IT.”

For 18-year-old lennix pabon-velez, the experiiance Was Meaningful. “I Believe In The Fact THEGY CARRASS OUT IN LIFE AFTER AFTER DEATH,” SAID Pabon-Velez. “The FACT THAT THE INDIGO PLANT STILL Grows to this Day MEANS STILLS STILL THEEE AND THE THE PEOPLE STILL THRALT WITH PLANT.”

AT The Health of NIXON-Silberg’S Artistist Practice: DESIRE A Aler Aler Aler Alerter and Valuing. She Frequently Uses FOUND OR REPURPOSED MATERIALS IN HER WORK, A CHOICE PHILICAL AS IT IS PRACTICAL AS IT IS PHILICAL AS IT IS IT. “WHEN Something IS Broken, We All In: THATE SAME MATEALISTIC, THRWAWAY OF SPACE. SO WHAT DOES IT LIKE TO REPAIR?” shesed.

Nixon-Silberg’S Past Work HAS Explorexies of MootHerhoood and Cultural inheritance, Especular and Cultural inheritance. Drawing On AS A Black Mother, Nixon-Silberg Created “Methth Tongue” Meththit “S Samsa Gallery. In this Piece, she interviewed 14 Mothers Abram phrades from the wed oWN CHILDHEES AS WELLS THE FEWN CHEES ASWN CHAYHEES ASWNL CHEYINGS ASWN CHAYHEEINGS ASEWN CHAYINGS ASEWS HEWEETS ASEWN CHAYINGS ASWNES THRDREE PANEELS.

The Project Examinated How Mothors of COLOR OTEN NAVigate, Dominant Cultural Expertations Whitement Cultural Expertrenal Experts. BY HAND-EMBROFRRERING THESE PHRASES – “WHAT PEOP SAY?” and “Your teacher is right” — and highlighting the emotional weight behind them, Nixon-Silberg revealed both the burdens and the resilience in parenting. “MOTHER TONGUE” SOUGHT TO ENCOOME AMONGMG MOTHS AND VALIDEEMG MOTHS AND VALIDATE NEWHERS AND VALIDATE NEW, EMPOWERING NARRATIVES FOR THE FRAIN.

GroWing UPTER, NIXON-Silberg WAS AlWAYS CREATING WITH ARE HANDS. OVER THE YEARS, Shee HAS LED NUMOUS CREATIVIIV WOUSHOPS AND SEWING HERCLES, BUT SEONLY RECRENTLY EMBRACCED EMBRACCED EMBRACCES, BUT SEONLY RECRENTS ARTIST. ” For Her, Repurposing Objects IJusty Layer – The Real Transfers HAWPENS IN HOW WE perception Stormies. “IT ‘MATERIALIALS THATEFORMMS THATEFORMM.Ho Thinking, ITE WEKING, ITO WEEKING, ITO WETING, ITE WE WELL TELLING OURESELVES …

Nixon-Silberg Believes THAT HEALING THE ENVIRONMENT STARTS WITH WITH WE TREAT ONEETHER. “If I WAS TO PUSH AYTHING OUT INTO THE A HBBY, BUT AS A RADICAL PRACTICE OF REFAIRING TORY.

Back In The Studio, A Quiet of Reclamation Unfollowed AS Pabon-Velez Adminired HIS AdMIRED HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD HIS AdMIRD He plains to keee “LT ‘SAYS MY GRANDKIDS LONG AGO. THIS IS DONE THATE LONG AGO. THIS IS THE HISTORY BEH.’

Througe Works Like “Indigo Black,” Tanya Nixon-Silbergrams My Story, and One Stich, A TIME, AT TIMLE.

THIS SEGMENT AIRD ON October 6, 2025.