upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Wolfie E. Rawk was born in Teaneck, NJ. He obtained a BA Degree in Studio Arts at Hampshire College where he organized a Queer Artists Caucus. He moved to Philadelphia, PA in 2008 and currently works for the Mural Arts Program as an art educator.
In the spring of 2010 he worked with his students and other artists to create a by-youth for-youth resource guide in an edition of 5,000, street art and student videos revolving around the topic of safe space for youth. He is currently facilitating a series of collaborative queer quilting bees with fellow queer, transgender and allied folks in West Philadelphia with the help of a Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant. He uses fabric and embroidery to discuss the body, transgender identity, disability and trauma and healing in his work.