publications
2023
Radical Fashion Exercises: a workbook of modes and methods
‘our threads’ by Oluwasola Kehinde Olowo-Ake is a published prompt that focuses on using cultural identity and the recollection/ documentation of it to design (p. 248-249).
Edited by: Laura Gardner, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran. Text by Laura Fanning. Oct 2023, p. 248-249
2022
Design for Regional Resilience Spring 2022 Program Publication Created by the Shumka Centre Lab at Emily Carr Art & Design University and run in partnership with the Material Matters Lab. 2022 p. 160-187
Jade Kuro: Ditching the Ideal narrative International Journal of Fashion Studies, Volume 9, Issue Decolonizing Fashion as Process, Oct 2022, p. 363 - 377
2021
‘anger gave me sight’: a poem contribution for Mental Realness Mag, Vol. 5 Rage.
Ahọn Dudu My Master of Interdisciplinary Design Thesis document
2020
‘I Care’: a poem contribution for Micro-Care: Small Acts of Resilience for Living within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity. Published by: Canadian Association of Graduate Studies
Authors: Chisholm, Jean; Farber, Avi; Kozak, Laura; Van Oyen, Julie
2019
‘If Slavery Were A Crown’: Woo Publication (of Emily Carr University) feature.
‘BLACK: The ‘Other’ in Fashion’ contribution for Design, Culture & Context Zine
Features
2024
=Story To Culture: ‘What do we do about the boy?’ Seun Olowo-Ake reviews ‘The Boy with a Thorn in His Side’
2022
=New Black Arts Centre exhibitions explore the nuances of Blackness Ahọn Dudu will be in The Blac Arts Centre’s ‘Concealed Cultures: Visualizing the Black Vernacular and I see; I breathe; I am!’ at Surrey Art Gallery from from September 17th to December 11th 2022.
=The Writing Circle Project Rewrites History to Make Space for ‘Black Us’ Perrin Grauer’s piece about UNVEILING and The Writing Circle Project (WCP)
=“Don’t Forget Black Me” Sola Olowo-Ake’s reflection on ‘Resisting Erasure: Black Artists in Vancouver’- a conversation between Jan Wade, Lama Mugabo and Nya Lewis Williams.
=UNVEILING exhibition featured on Gaskiya.net Unveiling is The Writing Circle Project’s recently launched project
2021
=Featured: ECU’s 15 Most-Read Stories in 2021
=Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Aké Uses Storytelling to Create Space for Black Dignity Emily Carr University article feature by Perrin Grauer.
=‘…into words with Sola’: Emily Carr University article feature. Written by Perrin Grauer
2020
Shumka Centre’s Satellite x Activism Design Residency at Emily Carr Art & Design University Report Archive, 2020, p. 14-17
2019
=‘If Slavery Were A Crown’: NTU Degree Show article feature
=‘If Slavery Were A Crown’: Nottinghamshire Live article feature