Welcome to ADAPT. Our virtual interview series, highlighting womxn & their creative pivots during uncertain times. We’ll discuss how quarantine & the current social climate have influenced our workflows + business models, all the way to new forms of business & exchanges that are popping up.
Hosted by Women Sound Off co-founder & CEO, Evangeline ‘Vang’ Elder.
MEET THE GUESTS
Holley M. Kholi-Murchison (Social Practice Artist + Entrepreneur)
Holley M. Kholi-Murchison is a social practice artist and entrepreneur committed to shaping the future of work and learning for evolving humans. Driven by a 15 year career in multimedia storytelling, experiential learning, and talent development, her body of work explores the convergence of communication, culture, and continuing education to create opportunities for historically marginalized voices to thrive and fulfill their potential.
Through her creative studio, Oratory Glory, she creates content, experiences, and products that inspire and equip multihyphenates to uncover and champion their unique stories, gifts, and ideas. She is also a partner at HOLI. Brands, a think tank co-creating solutions that prepare women, PoC (particularly Black, Indigenous, and Latinx), and LGBTQI communities to self-actualize.
Connect with Holley: Instagram
Vanessa ‘Vavi’ Vigil (Visual Artist, Jeweler, Community Organizer)
Vanessa Vigil (also known as "Vavi") is the founder of Oakland-based art show Not Ur Baby, handwoven jewelry company Vavis Trenzitas and community market, Where The Homies At. Vigil started Not Ur Baby in 2015 as an empowering fem-dominant art & performance show and benefit against human trafficking. As Not Ur Baby evolved to become a movement, Vigil expanded her work by launching a local community market to aid Oakland’s BIPOC vendor community and more recently, a handwoven jewelry company inspired by her heritage.
Connect with Vanessa: Instagram
Hosted by Evangeline Elder (Co-founder, Women Sound Off)
As the Co-founder and CEO of Women Sound Off, Evangeline is building safe spaces for women and creatives across sectors within and outside of music. She heads marketing at WSO, works partnerships at indie label EMPIRE and runs her own management & marketing agency, All Angles. Her ability to disrupt the music and creative space as a social entrepreneur continues to shift today's limited ecosystem for musicians and women entertainment—with inclusivity at the helm of her work.
Connect with Vang: Instagram