Art in the Community
This is where art meets joy, and where joy meets community. I'm passionate about using art as a tool for learning, reclaiming, and celebrating the vibrant tapestry of Black experience.
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Here, you'll find projects that spark conversations, workshops that empower creativity, and installations that transform public spaces. Get ready to explore, get inspired, and join the movement to amplify Black joy through the power of art.
Mother Tongue (2024)
We carry our mother's words through time and generations. For most women of color, our mother’s tongue is both uplifting, affirming and wise and simultaneously heavily burdened with colonialism.
In Mother Tongue, 14 BIPOC mothers listed two phrases - in English and in their mother’s tongue- what phrase they heard as a kid, their antidote to the phrase and reason in their own parenting. Taking notes from the reparenting movement and my own liberation as a mother, Mother Tongue is a hand embroidered tapestry of decolonized parenting. As a participant in this piece, you are invited to think of your own mother’s tongue and -whether you are a mother or not-, say out loud what phrases you would use today in the spirit of decolonization. This piece is an invitation for all of us to extend grace for mothers (aside from one day a year) noting that they did the best they can with the material and emotional resources available. Special thank you to all the mother's that contributed to this piece. May we continue on in love and liberation..
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Photo Credit: Tess Scheflan