Trauma - Informed Art & Storytelling Workshops

I provide workshops in the art of storytelling through various artistic mediums including painting, poetry/spoken word, theatre/movement, and more.

Like any story, my own art involves a transformative process of layering – a layering of mediums, colors, patterns, textures, narratives, and experiences- and an illuminating process of uncovering - an uncovering of emotions, meanings, and worlds.

All workshops are trauma-informed to work with survivors of war, violence, and other forms of persecution. While workshops may be therapeutic, they are not synonymous nor a substitute for therapy.

Experience

Select Projects

Sept 2019

Hirshhorn Museum

Moderated and organized panel, “Resist to Exist Through Creative Collaborations,” and co-created installation as part of the AM series

Jan 2018 - May 2018

Voices of Now, Wendt Center for Loss & Healing, Arena Stage

Provided psychosocial support during weekly rehearsals of the Voices of Now: Wendt Center Ensemble at the Arena Stage for teenage artists developing a performance about their feelings, thoughts, memories and experiences related to death-related losses in their lives

Jan 2017 – Oct 2017

DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Served as a consultant and artist-in-residence working on the following projects:

Designed and developed a book that elevated the voices of teenage girls on sexual assault and the juvenile justice system through facilitation of trauma-informed youth workshops combining multi-media storytelling and advocacy training
Co-designed and co-facilitated story-telling workshop with The Sanctuaries DC and Storyteller’s Ink.
- See here for the final spoken word and visual poem written by Shehariah Johnson, a domestic violence survivor and here for an exclusive behind the scenes video
Facilitated trainings for domestic violence advocates on trauma-informed, survivor-led engagement initiatives

Training

Select Fellowships & Trainings

2016-2017

Sanctuaries DC Art for Social Change Fellowship Program

Jan 2012 (Month Intensive)