I have developed a strong body of work geared around mental health and addiction. In addition to my personal art making, I curate exhibitions to acknowledge the relationships I build with various communities. As an artist I use my work as a way to create awareness around such issues and break down the social stigmas associated with it. This has been the strongest social justice focus of my artistic life.
The Center for Grace-Full Living, formerly the parsonage of Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, was established in 2006 to be a place in the community where people can find help in managing their lives more effectively through programs and ministries. While the center is the hub for food distribution via the food pantry and produce drops […]
an artist and educator, I have been an Artist in Residence in after school programs at Stetson, CAPA Kensington High, Taggert, Fairhill Elementary, Juvenile Detention Center, which was awarded the Picasso Grant, and Benjamin Franklin High, among others. My teaching practice is adaptive to the environments that I work in. I teach at the level […]
As the AmeriCorps Artist in Residence I taught an after school arts program for grades K-4, in Baltimore,MD. Created a social justice based curriculum, focusing on the Center’s goals of cultural enrichment and conflict resolution skills-building, we created art with recycled with found objects in various mediums. 78 students participated and a summer-long exhibition was […]
This project is defined as SOZA A.R.T.S. where SOZA means to make whole and A.R.T.S. is an abbreviation to Awakening,Releasing, Teaching, and Strengthening. SOZA A.R.T.S. promotes self-discovery and healing through connecting pastoral care with art. Intertwining pastoral care with art encourages participants to be authentic in their journey body, mind, and spirit. The participants of the program attend workshops facilitated by the pastor who unravels painful […]