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Illustrating Empowerment: An Interview with Carol Rossetti

Julia Meek
Credit Courtesy/Carol Rossetti
Rossetti is gratified by the attention her drawings have received, and the electronic support networks they are creating.

When Brazilian artist Carol Rossetti's engaging drawings of women and their self-empowerment stories went viral last year, no one was more surprised than she.

By now, her distinctive series of graphic renderings can be found in more than a dozen languages thanks to her "fan-translators," and are fueling a world-wide, solidarity. She says it's all based on a simple message: "be true to one's self."

Rossetti will be lecturing in Fort Wayne as part of IPFW's Women's History Month celebration, and WBOI's Julia Meek invited her to the Madge Rothschild Studios to discuss this far-reaching project.

Event Information:

Body-Positive Art to Inspire and Empower: A Lecture by Carol Rossetti
@IPFW Rhinehart Recital Hall, Fort Wayne
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
7:30 p.m.

Exhibit of Rossini's Prints
@IPFW Helmke Library, Fort Wayne
Tuesday, March 24th through Thursday, March 26, 2015

For more information you can visit their Facebook page.

A Fort Wayne native, Julia is a radio host, graphic artist, and community volunteer, who has contributed to NIPR both on- and off-air for forty years. Besides being WBOI's arts & culture reporter, she currently co-produces and hosts Folktales and Meet the Music.
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