author / Interdisciplinary artist / educator / planet healer
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Passionate about crafting stories that resonate with spirit, I'm an urban daughter born in Philadelphia and adopted by New York City before Brooklyn was "hip and trendy."
Newark is currently home, and I’m thrilled to be awarded the 2024 NJ State Council on the Arts Prose Fellow Grant (in partnership with Mid-Atlantic Arts) for my novel-
Passionate about crafting stories that resonate with spirit, I'm an urban daughter born in Philadelphia and adopted by New York City before Brooklyn was "hip and trendy."
Newark is currently home, and I’m thrilled to be awarded the 2024 NJ State Council on the Arts Prose Fellow Grant (in partnership with Mid-Atlantic Arts) for my novel-in-stories manuscript, Dill’s Mirrors and the Lizzies. In the years spanning 2020-2024, I have also been an appreciative recipient of grants from Newark Arts, Creative Catalyst Fund, and Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. I'm also a proud
Rising Tide Capital alum.
As an interdisciplinary writing artist, my work spans literary fiction, poetics, performance, and scholarly essays, and media. My writings reflect my obsession with sustainable art, food justice, and restorative green practices that honor the planet and heal Black and brown lives. Mostly, I'm interested in how we restore and replenish ourselves. Liberate ourselves.
This year, I've been fortunate to share my joy of poetry in incredible spaces, including the Rainbow Book Fair Poetry Marathon at the LGBTQ Center in New York, and this fall at the Barnes Museum for the 90th Birthday celebration in honor of Sonia Sanchez and Wicked Queer Authors: Afterlife Edition @dixonplace.org
In October, I'm excited to be an invited featured poet for the
Segue Reading Series @ ArtistsSpace.org
Saturday, October 19th (see ArtistsSpace.org)
Also in October, the essay, My Offering for Wrangling Renewal, Triumph, and Setbacks, will be published by
Other notable contributions include the critically acclaimed anthology Blacktino Queer Performance by Duke University Press, Dark Matter Women Witnessing, African Voices Magazine, and Akashic Books Sci-Fri series. My performance piece-in-process, Testimonies By the Page, was showcased at ArtHouse in Jersey City as part of the Caregiver Stories on-Stage Project,
Through my academic practice as educator/faculty in Writing Studies and Theater Arts at Montclair State and previously at my alma maters, NYU, and Goddard College, meaningful learning coalesces a commitment to actionable outcomes.
Art and nature will always be spacious sites of desire and renewal for me.
The NJ State Council on the Arts Prose Fellows prize is both unexpected and entirely affirming! I am honored and excited to be selected by NJSCA and Mid Atlantic Arts.
In an era consumed with artificial perceptions of creative thought, my storytelling hopes to bridge these spaces of struggle by reminding us how to be brave in our collective pursuit of justice and honest humanity.
Many thanks to Newark Arts Start for supporting our amazing 2023 community workshops:
Squash & Shekere: Making Music in the Garden! These fun and educational workshops on shekere-making techniques were hosted by
Where's Your Tree? and facilitated by the renowned percussionist Ahmondylla Best.
Since 2001, the ArtStart Grant Program has
Many thanks to Newark Arts Start for supporting our amazing 2023 community workshops:
Squash & Shekere: Making Music in the Garden! These fun and educational workshops on shekere-making techniques were hosted by
Where's Your Tree? and facilitated by the renowned percussionist Ahmondylla Best.
Since 2001, the ArtStart Grant Program has been a catalyst for cultural activity in the local Newark arts community.
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All Photo Gallery images & Video by P. Booker (c.) 2024 / Ntozake Shange image from African Voices Magazine
Contact: pamela@wheresyourtree.com
interdisciplinary artist / educator / planet healer
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