Candy González

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Profile Information

Primary Discipline: Visual Art

Secondary Disciplines: Fine Art • Textile • Creative Writing • Poetry • Craft • Cultural / Folk

Populations Served: General Public • People with Disabilities • Immigrants / Refugees • LGBTQ+ Communities • BIPOC Communities • Artists / Arts Workers • Families • Adults • Seniors • Youth

Programs Offered: Community Arts Programs

Personal Values

I believe that everyone should have access to a decolonial and trauma-informed art education. It is an honor to work alongside arts educators who are committed to building a learner-centric, process-oriented and liberation-minded arts education culture.

Training & Experience

Advanced Alumni Courses: Trauma Informed Practice & Identity with Shavon Norris

TIPTA Certifications: Trauma Informed Practice for Teaching Artists (Live)

Year Certified: 2019

Experience Level: 6-10 years

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Bio

Candy Alexandra González is a Little Havana and Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary visual artist, poet, and trauma-competent art educator

Candy received their MFA in Book Arts + Printmaking from the University of the Arts in 2017. Since graduating, they have been a 40th Street Artist-in-Residence in West Philadelphia, a West Bay View Fellow at Dieu Donné in Brooklyn, NY, the 2021 Linda Lee Alter Fellow for the DaVinci Art Alliance and the 2024-2025 Leeway x Fleisher Artist in Residence. Their visual art and poetry practice is rooted in the liberation of fat, brown, immigrant, queer and trans people. Candy is currently an Art + Art Education doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Arts. Community. Transformation.

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