artist-led workshops

Created as a way to share space and be in community with each other during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, all artists in our network were invited to lead their own virtual skill-share workshop or class with the rest of the collective. 

Since then, our workshop and program series continues to thrive, providing access to resources, knowledge and guidance. All exhibitions, programs and events are curated from and by our network.

2020

  • Self Care and Body Image with Ayana Sade, Patrice Bolomope and Camille Posey

  • Storytelling, Performance and Education with Tsedaye Makonnen, Celeta Hickman, Sister I, Medina (Angela) Jackson

  • Yoga and Numerology with Felicia Savage Friedman, LaVerne Baker Hotep and Lovie J J Foster

  • Farming, Gardening and Herbalism with Tayler Clems, Brenda Davis, Janae Brown

  • Podcast and Voicework with Kahmeela Adams, Ashley Comans and Anqwenique Kinsel

  • The Womb with Alecia Dawn Young, Lakeisha Wolf and Cheryl Hall-Russell

  • Writing Workshop with Yona Harvey and Deesha Philyaw

  • Live DJ Sets with Anqwenique Kinsel and sarah huny young

  • Dance with Celeta Hickman

  • Meditation with Alisha Wormsley

  • Financial resources - inputs and outputs with Naomi Chambers and Dail Chambers

  • Business Plan Prep: Breaking Even with Lish Daniels

  • Photographing Your Work with Nakeya Brown

  • Basic Sewing with Baiyinah Brookins

  • Financial Wellness: The Basics of Couponing with Aquene Watkins-Wise

  • Creating Or Own Spaces with Jessica Gaynelle Moss

  • Creative Writing Workshop with Lisa Pickett

  • Journaling with Katherin Garland

  • How to Make a Love Potion with Suhaly Bautista-Carolina

  • Decluttering and Organizing as Self Care with Shyneika Delice (Nikki)

  • Cooking with Tia Baker

2021

  • Virtual Workshop: Hot Glass Basics with The Pittsburgh Glass Center

  • Grant Writing Workshop with Celeste Smith

  • Imaging on Glass demo with Susan Taylor Glasgow

  • Studio Visits with Niama Safia Sandy

  • Art X Law Workshop with Jacquelin Walker

  • Taxes for Artists with Jonnet Solomon

  • Mediation Strategies with Valerie “Iya Adeniji” Lawrence, PhD

2022

  • Sanctuary public outdoor vendor market at Mattress Factory featuring the work of Schereeya, Marietta Altenor, Dail Chambers, Nikki Delice, Chere Gordon, Desa Kishar, and Tiara LaShawna

  • Altar Building workshop at Mattress Factory with Dail Chambers

  • Synergy Panel with SHRINE curator Jessica Gaynelle Moss, Whitney R. McGuire and Wisdom Baty

  • Private Tour of the 58th Carnegie Museum of Art International with Dana Bishop Root

2023

  • Film soup with flowers and veggies, cyanotype simple prints and natural toning for prints with Lisa Brown

  • Explore sources of healing\through meditation, writing, releasing ceremony with Samar Johnson

  • Kinselland Radio at Con Alma jazz restaurant, downtown Pittsburgh with Anqwenique Kinsel 

  • Right + Tight! with LISH of LegitFit.

  • Embodied Vocal Workshop: Harmonics of Resilience with Melike Konur

  • Stay Ready: Readiness Review-- Let's get prepared for Exhibition Season with Alexandra Walker

  • Feeding the Feels: Nourishing ourselves and families through plant based foods with Jasiatic

  • Poetry Reading + Writing Workshop with Sheila Carter Jones

  • Kemetic Chakra Meditation (Sefech Ba Ra) with Ms. Brenda Star

  • Sacred Sound w/ Ayana Sade

  • Black Artists who M/other: Conversations featuring artists Andrea Chung, Ryan N. Dennis, Anaïs Duplan and Tsedaye Makonnen

  • Anti-Racist Yoga Training with Felicia Savage Friedman

  • Open Ashram: Collectively Conjuring ‘Space to Dream’ Panel discussion at Atlantic Center for the Arts with Alisha B Wormsley, Felicia Savage Friedman, Renee Cox and Jessica Gaynelle Moss

  • Ephemera, Found Objects and Archive w/ Dail Chambers

2024

  • Somatic Writing w/ Samar

  • Swapping & Upcycling w/ Halima & Jonesse

  • Ancestral Altars w/ Marietta

  • Wrapped in History w/ Emonie Smith