Tia Poquette

Manufacturing the “Other”: Racialized Nationalism, Counterterrorism, and the Domestic Creation of the U.S. War on Terror

Posted on March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 by TiaPoquette

Reparative and community-based approaches are necessary to address the lasting harms inflicted by the War on Terror. Measures such as record expungement, compensation for wrongful prosecutions, and formal acknowledgment of state wrongdoing offer more effective pathways to public safety than surveillance. Together, these reforms challenge the use of national security as a mechanism of racial governance and provide a pathway toward dismantling the institutional legacies of the War on Terror.

‘Saving My Feeling for You’

Posted on August 22, 2025August 22, 2025 by TiaPoquette

4″ x 6″ 8.21.25 6B pencil, Procreate

‘The United States of America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave’

Posted on July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 by TiaPoquette

This piece was created in February 2024 in response to my growing concerns with the state of the American political and social justice systems. The previous summer, I read No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie. The book significantly influenced my understanding of our modern criminal justice system, particularly the […]

‘The Worms’

Posted on July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 by TiaPoquette

In 2021 the EPA released a report stating that heavy precipitation is an indicator of climate change. Tracking rainfall from 1910 to 2020, they wrote “In recent years, a larger percentage of precipitation has come in the form of intense single-day events.” Rising temperatures amplify Earth’s water cycle, leading to intense rain, storms, and flooding. […]

Communications & Programming Campaigns

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by TiaPoquette

As part of my internship with the Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance, I created marketing campaigns to be used on their social media accounts, newsletters, and website. The content includes neighborhood alerts and updates, business opportunities, community events, and announcements on art installations. Below are some examples of the content I created for them. The […]

The Youth Public History Institute Newsletter

Posted on September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 by TiaPoquette

This summer I had the honor of being the project assistant and documenter for the Youth Public History Institute, a new project conceived by Mariame Kaba of Project NIA and Interrupting Criminalization focusing on the histories of prisons, slavery and rebellion, policing and surveillance, research and social justice. I created a visual and written record […]

Social Justice Posters

Posted on May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 by TiaPoquette

I recently worked on three posters in my free time and I wanted to share them. These issues around ending gun violence, criminal justice, and LGBTQ+ rights are some that are very important to me. End Gun Violence The graphic uses headlines from primary news sources. My goal when creating this graphic was to highlight […]

Community Center 01 (Fall 2022)

Posted on December 9, 2022December 10, 2022 by TiaPoquette

Located in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Community Center 01 aims at bringing private green space to the public. The design was guided by the surrounding environment where brownstones have private front yards and courtyards, even on atypical sites where green space was negotiated into the site, pictured below. The community center brings this to the community through […]

The Subterranean Theater (Fall 2022)

Posted on December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 by TiaPoquette

Located in Syracuse, NY the Subterranean Theater resides mostly below ground level. Its structure is dug into the ground and connects to the site’s original landscape, similar to my precedent study on Peter Zumthor’s Zinc Mine Museums. One of my goals in this project was to preserve the site’s usability. Instead of the building being […]

Study on Nick Cave’s Soundsuits x Peter Zumthor’s Zinc Mine Museum (Fall 2022)

Posted on December 6, 2022December 10, 2022 by TiaPoquette

This project studied Peter Zumthor’s Zinc Mine Museum. Zumthor was commissioned to revamp the already existing zinc mines. He developed simplistic buildings “inspired by the mining operation […] and the workers’ strenuous everyday lives” (ArchDaily). Laminated wood holds the main structure. The all-black exterior and interior resemble a gallery and does not take away from […]