FAQ
Dear Creative Woman,
In Our Room the Questions are as revealing as the answers. In Our Room what we can’t stop thinking about matters. In Our Room, wisdom comes from it all.
With joy and appreciation,
The women of AROHO
Our Room is Expanding
We have evolved away from exclusive grants, awards, and programming to sustain an expansive circle where creative women worldwide might find a point of entry and steady sources of support and inspiration for their creative practice. We don’t do this alone. Your presence is everything.
How do I make room for more creative women?
A global, expansive circle, we make room for each other in unique ways.
How does AROHO enrich my creative practice?
We sign our names to a shared purpose with intention and commitment to our creative work and wellbeing as expressed in Our Anthem.
We virtually gather to make art side by side and support the creative work of women by receiving their work in WAVES.
How is AROHO inclusive?
We stand together in a global room of creative women. We are from Albania to Zimbabwe and everywhere in between. Welcome.
Our invitation to submit and receive WAVES is free to every woman around the world who calls herself a writer or artist.
Our Work is WAVES
How do I lend my voice to the multimedia mother installation that is WAVES?
We seek art and letters of all kinds that speak to and illustrate who we are as creative women and our relationship to life, art, ancestors, and each other, past, present, and future. Submit your original creative work or dive into the Q for an intimate exploration of your creative self.
WAVES is a not-for-profit, non-exclusive, open-access, digital publication with a long view—to amass a mother installation of the collective memory and long history of women artists and writers. Weaving the diverse voices of our radiant Anthology together with newly submitted creative work, individual responses to The Q, and ancestral touchstones, each WAVES edition adds a glistening droplet to this voluminous project.
What does “publishing” mean to AROHO?
To AROHO, publishing means freeing our work to be received. While making room for all future possibilities – including seeing our work in print – we digitally present our artistic offerings in collaboration with creative women without explanation or further delay.
What is the difference between the Waves anthology and WAVES?
WAVES is a digital archive and monthly publication of the collective memory and long history of women writers and artists.
Waves: A Confluence of Women’s Voices is a voluminous anthology of art and letters by women, featuring Maxine Hong Kingston and compiled by editor Diane Gilliam in 2018. Rather than keep it locked away until publishing trends deem it timely and worthy, it has been published digitally on the AROHO website, united with new works of art and letters within the multimedia mother installation that is WAVES. These powerful pages and images represent the last version provided and appear in a format as close to the original as our digital platform allows. We continue to carry forward all possibilities for this compilation. Your understanding of the humanity of this monumental project is appreciated. Our message to the anthology contributors can be found here.
Our Way is Global and Reciprocal
As co-creators, we believe that our deepest connections are radically reciprocal. Today, our efforts are focused on bringing women artists and writers face to face with each other through virtual WAVES LIVE rooms.
What are WAVES LIVE rooms and how can I join?
Work Your Way, independently yet together in our Zoom-enabled room. WAVES LIVE rooms are windows to a dedicated creative practice in the sacred space of each other’s presence.
