Film Mini Lessons
In April 2024 TINYisPOWERFUL with Yo Art and filmmaker/multi-media artist Daniel Green launched the second iteration of a film mini lesson course in collaboration with middle school students at James Simons Montessori school (a public school located in downtown Charleston, SC). This is a continuation of a project launched in Fall 2023 which resulted in […]
“Hood Ball”
An original short film by middle school students of James Simons Public Montessori in collaboration with TINYisPOWERFUL, YoArt!, and filmmaker/multi-media artist Daniel Green in the fall 2023 school semester mini lessons. Click here to watch the film and others: https://www.tinyispowerful.com/films/
A Reflection on WWWUNDERKAMMER & Beeple Studios | August 3, 2023
In about three weeks time I was able to view both WWWUNDERKAMMER, an exhibit by artist Carla Gannis at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and attend A Community Night by Beeple at his studio in North Charleston. Both experiences touched on aspects of the digital / virtual world and in their own ways add […]
My Way of Being a THEY/THEM
It was in 2016 when I subconsciously realized I was non-binary. That was the first time I hopped on Spotify. Even at that time “them” gave the option of picking non-binary as one’s gender. I felt (at the time) strangely affirmed but because of the ridicule I had already faced for revealing my sexuality and, […]
2022 Charleston Zine Fest Reflection
Summary: Last year TINYisPOWERFUL participated in the 5th annual Charleston Zine Fest (2022) – an initiative started by Leigh Sabish of Sarden Press that was primarily organized by Sage Graham this year. During this event artists, zine makers and a diverse set of TINY businesses from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and other east coast […]
An Opinion on Public School Environments
The generations after us are the ones who will continue carrying out the work of improving our world when we are gone. So during these times we must balance our efforts between the current work and making sure that they are set up to continue sustaining themselves and the work. There are many organizations and […]
Creative Assistant Letters & Guides: Facilitation
Hey y’all, it’s Rayn! With the organic shift from an apprentice of conNECKtedTOO to a creative assistant of TINYisPOWERFUL there were, and still are, many skills I needed to learn. Facilitation is one of those developing skills that I have some experience in but would really like to get a good footing in. So for […]
A Conversation Between Rayn and JEMAGWGA
Art and Making as Tools for a Visionary See PDF file: Click here to read A Conversation RAYN with JEMAGWGA For the TINYisPOWERFUL collective to be viable, it needs to keep in close contact with its outside partners and supporters. This is the purpose of our NEWSLETTER and of the TINYisPOWERFUL website. A lot of the […]
843? Zine Program Development | 2022
“Art is everything” is about seeing all of life and beyond as an art. While “a zine can be anything,” engulfs the concept that any topic and set of materials can be used to share our perceptions of the world with others. Both of these statements carry with them the spirit of art and zines […]
Pilgrimages of a Santa Fe Poet Laureate Visiting Schoolchildren during National Poetry Month
as published in the Santa Fe Reporter By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington April 27, 2022 April is National Poetry Month. Of course, to my mind, National Poetry Month, like Black History Month, is a bit of a redundancy, since every month is an occasion to revisit art and learning. But the calendar this April includes an exceptional […]
