Survivor Story
Blessed Mama
Blessed Mama
Filmed with Bolex 16mm, black and white and color filmWritten, directed, produced, designed, made by Lauren Ward, with help from the actor's and ancestors always present.
Thank you for watching.
- Lauren Ward
Lauren Ward (b.1992, New Mexico) is an artist, mother, advocate, and senior at Brown University. Her work’s been exhibited at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brown University, Harvard University, Rhode Island School of Design and numerous locations throughout Chicago and New England. Ward was an artist in residence this summer in Ireland at Burren College of Art. She is preparing to apply to grad school and is painting, drawing and writing to get ready.
Ward is a Sexual Assault Prevention Education (SAPE) Coordinator at Brown, as well as a teaching assistant for the sculpture department.
