About us
DejaJoelle (manifestor & ceo)
DEJAJOELLE is an African Centered - Healing Artist, Choreographer, Director, and Cultural Healing Curator. She believes Dance serves as our connection to ourselves, our communities, and our overall Divinity. DejaJoelle creates intentional spaces for Black, LGBTQ2, and Deaf community to discover their own practices toward Healing using Dance, Body Reclamation, and other Healing practices. As the world experiences collective hurt and grief, DejaJoelle trusts that our greatest act of REVOLUTION and REBELLION against hatred and corruption is Self-Love and Healing. As she refuses to fuel the fire of destruction and heinousness, she instead focuses her Art and energy on properly handling Black people who continue to be mishandled.
DejaJoelle manifested the The Remedy deck after experiencing a dark time in her life. She would often swing through deep depression and become co-dependent in romantic partnerships. DejaJoelle felt homeless inside her own body. Waking up disoriented as if she didn’t belong. So, she began writing short love letters to herself on notecards before she went to bed at night. When she woke up to love and affirmation, it guided her to find who she truly is. It helped her to truly begin her healing process and open her self up to Divine messages. DejaJoelle conjured this Melanated Afro-cosmic experience to center Black community in need of discovering their purpose. and yearning to experience the love they deserve.
IG: dejajoelle
Website: www.dejajoelle.com
Sheanni ra (artist & Designer)
Sheanni Ravelé Sims is a multi-disciplinary, painter & graphic design artist whose practice highlights the experiences of Black, queer, and trans femme communities and their capacity to impact the world through her art form. Sheanni’s creative catalog includes fine arts along with expressionism and design. As a Full Sail University alumnus, Sheanni studied Graphic Design from 2022-2024. While attending Full Sail University remotely,
Sheanni also remained consistent with her passion for fine art & visual design. From 2022-2023, Sheanni facilitated “Art Meditations” at Housing Works Youth & Prevention Services where she taught the skill of painting to LGBTQ Youth in East New York. For almost a decade Sheanni has dedicated her time to teaching, showcasing & offering her support to those who enjoy art & those want to learn. Sheanni has also actively designed & hosted her “Paint & Chews” at Black Trans Liberation Kitchen. Continuing to guide trans youth to highlight their present gifts in the fine-arts.
Sheanni's work highlights surrealism, queer black lifestyles, femininity and masculinity while also challenging western concepts within futurism and social constructs. Since she was a child, she’d spend most of her time working with her hands drawing & self expression. These expressions focused on friendship, teamwork, and community, which are themes that clearly continue to inspire the artist.
Website: https://raartmedia.com/
Email: sheannira@gmail.com