smittybuckler

An amalgamation of grey-area politicized identities, smitty buckler, expresses themselves through the intersections of being an artist, organizer, writer, performer, dancer, coder, researcher, healer, and advocate. Their whole life, smitty has always been an artist and thus has over forty years of study. As a theatre artist and tech specializing in puppets, multimedia, and audio, they create illusions - shadow puppets over video with music and prose composed by smitty. An illustrator who moved into Graphic Web and Print Design and then general stage and screen tech specializing in audio, videographer, and lighting; smitty is an autodidact that can translate any concept into tangible reality. Enthusiasts of smitty say among their other qualities, one is phlebotomizing the patriarchy of all its evil blood, replacing it with liquid glitter. This is apparent in their art and the fierceness they bring to intersectional activism.

Equally creative is their exploration into data management, science, GIS, archiving, educational pedagogy, creation of online/interactive modules and toolkits, conflict resolution, restorative/transformation justice, interpersonal violence, and even as a Certified Yoga Instructor. Since 2003, smitty has created opportunities for individuals within intersectional, qtpoc, disabled, native spectrum artists through the Conspiracy of Geniuses (CoG). CoG is working to bridge the gap between art as social change and essential healing tools with a project called RAD* Care and an app called UXMAL**. *RAD = Radical, Accessible, & Decolonizing. **UXMAL = User Experience designed Mutual Aid and Liberation.