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Feminist Border Arts: Critical Craftwork 

Interdisciplinary Research-Creation & Curation, D.I.Y. Media Studies & Methods 

Feminist Border Arts Film Festival | Feminist Border Arts Zine Fest | SJZ: Social Justice Zine & Other Works | Film & Media Arts | Comics, Illustration, & Graphic Narrative | GenXProf Social Media

Keywords: Research-Creation | Humanities-Arts | Public Scholarship | Outreach & Reach In | Curation | Pedagogy | Practice-Based | Film & Media Arts | Analog and Digital Storytelling | Zine & Comics Inquiry | Design | Media-Making  

FBA promotes socially transformative film, zine, and media arts through curation, creation, research, education, collaboration, and advocacy. 


Welcome to FBA

At Feminist Border Arts (FBA), we believe in the transformative power of stories.This initiative connects the humanities and arts, digital and analog media-making, and curation, alongside public scholarship and  community engagement.

Through signature projects like the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival (FBAFF), Feminist Border Arts Zine Fest (FBAZF), and original works in zines, graphic narrative, media, and filmmaking, we blend creative practices with critical theory through a research-creation methodology that transcends traditional academic boundaries and democratizes knowledge production through creative expression.

As a platform, FBA unites conceptual ideas, creative work, and research in the fields of women's, gender, queer, and feminist studies, creating a space where critical thinking and media-making intersect to explore and share new perspectives.

We have been featured in MLA Profession's "Public Humanities in Action" and are the first recipients of the Team Award in Exceptional Achievements in Scholarly and Creative Activities from the University Research Council at New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, through Research, Creativity, and Economic Development. 


LET'S CONNECT THROUGH THE STORIES WE TELL: IN STORIES WE FIND OUR WAY


This website serves as the public-facing platform for projects that encapsulate FBA's interdisciplinary and transformative approaches. FBA's organization website is https://www.fbarts.org/.


Key Projects

FBA Works
FBAFF Representation in Abstract with a Stylized Aperture
10th Annual FBA Film Festival

 

Zines on the dashboard of a spaceship
2nd Annual FBA Zine Fest

 

Binary numbers stylized with GenXProf info
FBA Expression on Social Media

 

Zines by FBA featuring a close up of zine text and image
Zines

 

Concentration with a disco ball
Concentration Project

  

Flowers that cover the zine Introuction
The Emilia Archive

 

Comics with an illustration of Laura and her brother "Hot Wheels" from childhood
Comics

 

Queer-x-Design Odds and Ends Designing with abstract images
Digital Media Design

 

Two robot or cyborg hands shake
Talks and Presentations

 

Jonet and Williams win 2020 research and creative scholarship award, given in 2021