Creative black moms invited to Sibyls Shrine Network residency program

Alisha Wormsley wasn’t about to let the pandemic derail her dream of starting an artists’ residency for black moms. She simply modified her idea.

On May 1, Wormsley launched the first eight-week cycle of Sibyls Shrine Network. The online program supports black creative mothers in Pittsburgh as part of her Sibyls Shrine artists’ residency program for black moms who are artists, musicians, makers, crafters or activists. So far, 20 moms have signed up and there’s room for 10 more in the first phase.

She chose the name to pay homage to the Sibyls who were the original priestesses of the black goddess Mami Wata. These ancient oracles out of North Africa predated those of Greek history, according to Wormsley, in a time of matriarchal societies.

“I’m using that as a way to get us back into respecting mothers and taking care of mothers,” she says.

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