In Creative Power Moves, Conjuring Power co-curators Tina Valentin Aguirre and Caro De Robertis join artists Serge Gay, Jr., Crystal Mason, and Tanya Wischerath for a conversation exploring how artistic practice responds to community needs, political urgency, and the ongoing work of movement building.

Bringing together artists at different moments in their creative lives—yet united by deep ties to social justice movement-building—this conversation considers how we can create art that listens, mobilizes, and nourishes.

How does the current political and cultural landscape shape the way their work is seen—and the way they make it? What does their art say about the role of artists within today’s movements for justice, liberation, and belonging? Love and hope are powerful currents running through the exhibition and the panelists’ practices: are they sources of generative energy, guiding principles, and acts of repair and affirmation within challenging times? Each panelist approaches these questions from a distinct artistic practice and lived perspective, offering insight into how their work engages with collective care, resistance, and imagination.

Grounded in lived experience and creative experimentation, this dialogue invites audiences to consider how art can help conjure the worlds we need now—and the futures still to come.