Students Publish Engaged, a Zine Documenting Tallahassee’s Art and Community Building!
Art and Art History students in the Spring 2025 course, Socially Engaged Art: Curating and Community Engagement, taught by Professor Grace Aneiza Ali, spent the semester researching how art can serve as a catalyst for connection, community building, and social transformation. Their work culminated in the creation of a student-produced zine, “Engaged,” which documents Tallahassee’s creative changemakers. Through months of interviews, fieldwork, and visual storytelling, students turned their curatorial lens locally—spotlighting artists, collectives, and cultural spaces such as Janelle Jewelry, The Bark café, fiber artist Tenee Hart, Bwembya’s Market, and WVFS radio. The zine serves as both archive and platform, celebrating how art in our city is not only being made but also making change, amplifying voices, and reshaping the social fabric.
View Engaged | Conversations with Catalysts, Spring 2025 here.