D.I.Y. ART is born!

May 5, 2026.Reading time 7 minutes.

In Fall 2025, my proposed for pop-up community art workshops in Humboldt County was approved by the Board of the Ink People Center for Arts and Culture, and D.I.Y. ART was born! D.I.Y. ART – an Ink People DreamMaker Project is a growing, community-centered creative initiative rooted in inclusion, collaboration, accessibility, and playful artistic exploration. […]

When racism takes new forms

February 19, 2024.Reading time 13 minutes.

“Keep the past in the past,” say deniers. (Trigger warning: this is an essay that deals with horrific subject matter.) In the divided United States that I live in, one of the divisions I witness daily involves people who are willing to consider uncomfortable truths vs. people who are not. The folks who can handle […]