Vanessa Calixto
El Salón Founder & Creative Director
Worcester, MA
Hello! My name is Vanessa Calixto and I am a first generation Salvadoran American artist and organizer born and raised in Worcester, Ma. I am the founder and creative director of El Salón, a start-up community facilitated effort missioned through a "by us, for us" model for BIPOC creatives to work together in their endeavors and projects, and celebrate their efforts throughout the process. El Salón's model promotes marginalized creatives to "take space" in what are traditionally white creative and maker spaces through crowd supported galleries, exhibits and community wide projects.
I’m excited to learn more about placemaking, third spaces, and grassroots community buy in.
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