Ariana Faye Allensworth
Visual Arts Residency

Ariana Faye Allensworth is a cultural worker who helps people organize to create change in their communities. Working across a range of disciplines including research, design, photography, and oral history, her work often focuses on stories of urban life. She leverages participatory and collaborative methods to mobilize and build belonging in place. Ariana’s creative practice is deeply informed by her decade-long experience as an arts administrator, social worker, educator, and strategist, supporting organizations working to transform culture. She is a long-time member of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, a collective advancing just housing futures through data and tenant-powered storytelling. Currently, she is developing a new body of work that aims to build solidarity tourism in Allensworth, CA—a historic free Black town founded by her ancestors in the San Joaquin Valley.

Allensworth is a Working Artist Fellow. The Working Artist Fellowship is part of The Rockefeller Foundation’s The Artist Impact Initiative.