Connection through Bright Colors A painting workshop w/ Misty Sol

Come gather, connect, and create with d’griot’s resident artist, Misty Sol. She will direct participants in a guided meditation through painting with high quality materials, open for conversations, rest, and discovery. Enjoy complimentary tea and healthy orderves by d’griot.

Childcare can be provided by request.

Participants will leave with custom paintings and some bright clarity and peace for the rest of their week.

About Misty Sol

Misty Sol’s figurative painting and portraits, stories, and eco practice are like a sepia toned family photo album rendered in technicolor. She explores Black people’s common histories, everyday stories and culture through connections to nature, wellness, and speculation.

Misty is the founder and director of Tiny Farm Wagon, a nonprofit dedicated to wellness through Black art. Her work can currently be seen at The Colored Girls Museum, 1040 Creative Gallery, Holistic Jawn, at Widener University, as well as NBC sitcom Grand Crew now streaming on HULU and n the Oprah Network show,”All Rise”, now streaming on Amazon.

For more information about community programs, commissions, or acquiring art mistysol@mistysol.com.

About d’griot.

mission:

d’griot (“duh-gree-o”) amplifies more light in the ‘hood; offering transformational moments to be seen, dream, and cultivate resilient community wellness.

vision:

• Named in honor of African storytellers and urban slang, d’griot is a healing space of story; stories of our ancestors, the magic in the present, and our intent for the future.
• We are a community wellness cafe; a healing space that supports folks on their holistic wellness journey of the mind, body, and spirit. We offer natural medicinal products, nutrient food and beverage, gallery, creative events, coaching, retreats, and a space to inspire the whole family.
• We are intentional about creating authentic beautiful spaces to share stories, activate our creativity, educate one another, map toward our goals, and support one another to see the beauty in ourselves to fly.
• We are building spaces across Philadelphia that need access to community wellness cultivation as well as outside the city on land to offer rest, retreat, and re-connection.

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