Creating Powerful and Unique Experiences for Institutions and Individuals
Custom Programs Designed to Educate, Connect, and Inspire
Art has the invaluable ability to transform and connect, and my work as a creator and educator is dedicated to weaving people and ideas together. From creating immersive installations to facilitating collaborative workshops, I use Indigenous traditions to catalyze connection between people, their communities and their history.
I tailor each of my programs specifically to the needs and size of your group or organization. Some themes I’ve spoken about and conducted interactive workshops on include historical connection, workplace diversity, patchwork, land acknowledgement, up-cycling, and more.
I call on the many layers of my identity—artist, educator, Yamassee Yat’siminoli, African American, community and cultural practitioner, healer—to facilitate potent, transformative experiences that retain the indelible marks of the diverse elements and individuals that came together to create them.
Previous participants have told me that my warm personality and open, welcoming style engender a productive space for exploration and connection.
Sample Programs and Workshops
For Large Groups and Organizations
Cultural diversity exploration with your staff or colleagues, or in your classroom.
Using creative art techniques to open dialogue around inclusion and diversity.
Facilitating creative dialogue around mental health and healing of historic cultural trauma.
Conversations about how to create activating land acknowledgements.
For Small Groups and Individuals
Portfolio preparation for college and high school Visual and Performing Arts students.
Workshops and talks on herbalism, urban farming, and holistic Indigenous and African remedies.
Using meditation and other tools to explore our ancestral spiritual connections to nature.
Group discussions are often followed by an interactive, hands-on workshop designed to reinforce themes from the talk.
For Artists
Mentoring rising artists on topics like grants, public art, project and proposal preparation, independent management, production and more.
One and 2-hour Virtual Meetings available.
Previous Programs
“Make Happy, Be Happy Day” Workshop,
GODIVA Chocolatier’s New York City Headquarters
Award-winning public arts curator Debra Simon invited me to lead a group of GODIVA’s chocolatiers in a collaborative workshop as part of their annual “Make Happy, Be Happy Day” celebrations.
Debra led an inspiring discussion on “How Creativity Drives Ingenuity In Business,” which was followed by my hands-on collaborative collage-making workshop. We repurposed vintage GODIVA packaging into new works of art. The final piece, shown here, was a compilation of mini-collages created by the participants.
Gallery Talk and Art Workshop,
Wave Hill Public Garden, New York City
During the closing weekend of the exhibition What We Leave Behind, I took part in a gallery walkthrough discussing how my work with discarded materials speaks to the connections between past and present as well as personal and collective histories.
Following the talk, I led a hands-on workshop during which we focused on the significance of walking sticks in Indigenous cultures. Participants embellished their own using beads, feathers, shells and recycled materials.
Mixed-Media Project Workshop,
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
During my tenure as the Art Educator in Residence at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, I hosted a number of creative workshops and events open to the public.
In the workshop pictured, I invited participants to focus on the present moment to inspire new ideas about their personal history and storytelling. Each participant built and blended multiple layers to create an original artwork, making connections to personal goals, gratitude, and new outlooks for the year.
Let’s Collaborate
Each experience I curate purposefully fosters discovery, appreciation, understanding and respect, leaving participants with renewed capacity for engagement and connection. All of these qualities are deeply important to relationships with self, family, colleagues and community.
Send me a message and let’s begin the conversation!
