The  Department  of  Women’s  Studies  Presents  

GENDER,  FINANCE,  AND  POWER  LECTURE:  AZURE  ANTOINETTE,    

CEO  THE  AALCHEMIK  COLLECTIVE    

D A T E : O C T O B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 6 P L A C E : D R I S K E L L C E N T E R G A L L E R Y

T I M E : 4 : 3 0 - 6 : 3 0 P M

Called “the Maya Angelou of the Millennial generation,” Azure Antoinette is a commissioned poet, entrepreneur, and millennial and arts education advocate. Azure is the founder and CEO of The Aalchemik Collective, a creative talent incubator which houses Aalchemik: An Apparel

Company, a free-trade clothing line centered around positive messaging and the human ability to be both passionate and indecisive; Aalchemik Press, an independent publishing house for poetry and narrative literary work; and EGAMI Collective, a visual art incubator curated to

support urban photography, graffiti, muralist and street art.

In her crusade to be authentically committed to her medium of poetry, she has forged creative partnerships with dozens of Fortune 500 companies, worldwide brands, and national

organizations by using her unique talent to curate and custom write the story of a brand. Antoinette’s work has taken her all over the United States and the UK with new international

work and tour dates opening 2015. Azure was included in Forbes’s “100 Most Powerful Women in the World” issue in 2012 and was featured in a special section titled “Women

Helping Women.”

This event is sponsored by the Department of Women's Studies, Ameritrade and The Robert H. Smith School of Business.