Right Now 𖤓
Right Now 𖤓
Currently, I’m designing and completing a DIY MFA in Detroit, exploring what learning led by my community and friends looks like. Read more about how I’m doing my DIY MFA here.
I’m also Detroit Disability Power’s Communications Coordinator.
Where
Detroit occupies the contemporary and ancestral homelands of the Ojibwe, the Ottawa, and Potawatomi
currently in Detroit, MI
About
Hi, I’m Veronica (she/they), ritual artist, space + change holder, and teacher exploring creativity as the bridge between individual, cultural, and environmental healing. I study emotion and expression to understand how we learn and change.
I’m committed to:
the liberation of all beings —> Why do we fear Freedom, and how do we release this fear together?
returning the mind to the body + tending to the wounds of colonialism and capitalism
writing as a medicine and practice of world building
Native land stewardship + food sovereignty
ABOLITION —> building community led systems of care
Whose work has created me? This is my web of mentors and elders.
I'm white, born in Oak Park, Illinois, homelands of the Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi, Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, and Fox. I've also called Iowa and Michigan home. A midwesterner at heart, I'm passionate about the climate futures of the Great Plains.
I'm only beginning to uncover the stories intentionally buried by my people. On my paternal side, I am descended from Catholics of Croatian and Volga German descent, as well as Welsh and English immigrants. On my maternal side, my ancestors are Danish, Polish, German and Irish.
I have a BA from Grinnell College where I crafted an independent major in Narrative Studies to explore the liberatory potential of media and storytelling. For 5+ years, I’ve helped various kinds of organizations with communications and digital storytelling projects. (Portrait by Loren Kmp Photography)