Brittney Washington

Brittney Nicole Washington is a Southern queer Black artist, mama, doula, art therapist, strategist, and troublemaker. Her multidisciplinary work is grounded by the understandings that 1) our most important responsibility is dismantling the power arrangements that maintain oppression; 2) everyone has different points of entry into politicization and social justice movements; and 3) art is a powerful portal to healing, imagination, and movement for that purpose.

Brittney uses painting, illustration, and filmmaking to uplift BIPOC experiences and perspectives. Her work decolonizes ideas of normality and invites radical empathy across differences. As a racial justice strategist and cultural organizer, Brittney facilitates sessions that illuminate the historical events that shape our current experiences of racialized poverty, trauma, and disconnection. She organizes projects where folks can be brave, vulnerable, and imaginative about how to bend our world towards justice together. She also serves as a visual arts producer for justice groups such as Black Lives Matters DC, The People’s Demands DC, Service to Justice, and Movement Matters.