how to perform an abortion is a collective effort involving process, engagement, and projects of varying duration.  Many people participate in the creation and facilitation of this work. Others contribute special knowledge and/or skills. The work also invites active engagement from audiences and we are grateful to all those who give their time and energy. Acknowledgments are listed alphabetically under the headings “Collaborators” and “Contributors”.  Bios and links have been included for collaborators. This is an ongoing effort as we aim to recognize all who have contributed to this work.  

how to perform an abortion was co-founded in 2017 by Maureen Connor and Eugenia Manwelyan and is currently led by Maureen Connor.  

Collaborators  

Kadambari Baxi, architect and educator, is currently working on projects focused on climate, labor and human rights. She exhibits widely, most recently, she co-curated and contributed to Building Information, an exhibition on construction and digital labor at Architekturmuseum, Berlin TU; exhibited multimedia installations: Climate Justice WTF at Seoul Architectural Triennale; Air Drifts on toxic atmospheres at Oslo Architectural Triennale; co-founded the advocacy group: Who Builds Your Architecture, and their research was featured as solo shows at the Art Institute of Chicago and Boston Art College. She is Professor of Practice in Architecture at Barnard College, Columbia University. www.kbaxi.net

Maureen Connor has created work across a broad range of media and ideas that include installation, video, activism, ethnography, performance, human resources, feminism, pedagogy and social justice for over 40 years. Internationally recognized for her feminist work from the 1980s and '90s, Connor has been included in numerous publications and exhibited globally. Co-founder of the collective how to perform an abortion, 2017, grants include Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Anonymous Was a Woman fellowship and CEC Artslink, among others. Emerita Professor of Art at Queens College, CUNY, and co-founder of Social Practice Queens, 1990-2015. www.maureenconnor.net

Jason Michael Leggett is an Associate Professor in the Behavioral Sciences Department at Kingsborough Community College CUNY. He teaches Constitutional Law, the U.S. Judiciary, and Environmental Law and Politics. His work focuses on rights consciousness among marginalized communities. He is most interested in how these individuals think about legality in everyday practice against injustice. He draws upon experience in political organizing and community activism to co-create educational opportunities that provide alternative visions of the future toward more equitable social relations. This research has addressed climate change inaction, systemic racism, reproductive rights, migration, and homelessness.

Eugenia Manwelyan is a New York based director / choreographer, educator, and urban planner. She is the co-founder of Eco Practicum desk-free school for arts and ecology, member of Best Praxis art collective, and a founding faculty of School of Apocalypse. She is currently working with the Sullivan County Land Bank to leverage the arts and housing toward regional economic development in the Catskills. Her work is rooted in radical self-determination, social choreography, and the connections between creative practice and survival. As a visiting faculty at Columbia University, Eugenia has worked on environmental planning and arts projects in the New York bioregion as well as India, Vietnam, and Jordan. Eugenia spearheaded a youth theater and peace-building project in Israel and Palestine that is now in its tenth year. She holds a BA in International Development from McGill University and MS in Urban Planning from Columbia University.
www.emanwelyan.com

Landon Newton is an artist and gardener whose research driven practice explores the participatory relationship between plants and people. Her work has been included in WIENWOCHE 2021, Vienna, Austria, CICA Museum, South Korea, EcoFutures: Deep Trash, London, UK, and Open Engagement, Queens Museum, Queens, NY. She has received fellowships and residencies from Denniston Hill, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Studios at MASS MoCA, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She has a BA in History from Smith College and an MFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She works and gardens in Brooklyn, NY.  landon-newton.com 

Contributors

Sanitha Alam 

Ashley Brown

Claudia Caremi

Rachel Carrigan

Marta Cervera

Joanna Furman

Sabela Iglesias 

Manuela Iturburanto

Avelen Mataini

Francisco Miai

Lacy Romano

Amy Sinclair

Megan Steinmann

Maya Taavon

Adriana Villanueva