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Podcast: slow inside
Episode: Alexandra Bowman: starting a freelance art business, the pain of not fitting in, and making art that matters
Description: When Alexandra Bowman isn’t working her 9-5, she’s an illustrator. She draws all kinds of pictures, many of them women of color who are artists, writers, activists, and leaders. She “ focuses on ways to celebrate the female and illustrate her as a focal point of the community and social movements.”
Alexandra's work has been featured in The New York Times, Edible Magazine, Pop-Up Magazine, Food 52, and the BBC.
Some of the things we talk about:
being the daughter of bi-racial parents in a mostly-white neighborhood
using art to find your place in the worl...