La Vonte Thompson

I create a post card every few months that I send out to those that I have on a mailing list. Each postcard includes a digital collage and a prose written on the back.

• Creator of GMMF
• Planned and organized photoshoots for models
• Provided wardrobe and props for set
• Photographed and posed models
• Interviewed models to gather information on what they would want represented in their portraits
• Designed sets and lighting for the photoshoots
• Ensured fair compensation for models as well as model approval of finished photos
• Purchased 28 prints of finished phots not including two large prints of the models themselves
• Spoke and planned reception at local venue (No Name Bar)
• Properly planned budget for funds of project that was funded by SEMAC Individual Artist Grant

• One of four creators of the WRIC
• Succeeded in gathering overwhelming community support for change in Winona Public Schools policy
• Marched and rallied for removal of local police presence in Winona highschool
• Lead local city marches and community meetings about racial injustice at the hands of police throughout the state of Minnesota
• Cited multiple times by local papers for actions in community around social justice
• Regularly updated and communicated members of WRIC and collaborators on meetings and plans for calls to action