My interest in art began to develop when my 10th grade art teacher required us to maintain a sketchbook of our own original ideas. It was the first time I was given space to communicate my love and observations of my own black girl experience in public spaces. I found that visual art gave me a space to express myself, while everywhere else required my silence. I earned my BFA at Virginia Commonwealth University, and pursued my Masters at Maryland Institute College of Art.
Someday I"ll Love Rejjia Loreal Camphor
Spoken Word Poetry Performance
Official Submission for the 2018 Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate Competition
Official Submission for the 2018 Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate Competition
Medium: Poetry
Year: 2018
Details: 1 Minute, 52 Seconds
Rejjia Camphor is a Transdisciplinary Eclectic Artist, Organizer and Teacher from Baltimore, Maryland. She currently serves as a Creative Writing Instructor for Writers In Baltimore Schools, a Baltimore Youth Film Arts Fellow at Johns Hopkins and is the Founder of the environmental community project, Sister Stream Catcher. She earned a BA degree in Creative Writing, Visual Culture and Women’s Studies from Hampshire College in 2020.
Nowhere Live! We're All Dead
Self produced with the aid of musicians & friends as a way to deal with the isolation & desperation of the pandemic. Over an hour and a half of performances, sketches, & talks about the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, & how they influenced our lives & us as musicians. Hopefully, this humorous honor to America's First & Finest Jam Band will be seen as a respected tribute by Deadheads around the multiverse.
Medium: video
Year: 2021
Details: 1:39:17
"In the Froth" & "Irrigate Well"
Jul 18, 2021 #mentalhealthawareness #depression #SelfLove
Black is the New Black (Say it Louder / Stroud Against Racism) Program 2/27/2021
If you are coping with depression, I share a few of my poems in this 5-minute video performance, which I hope will encourage you.
The poems are:
1) "In the Froth" (poem)
2) Me singing a verse of Amazing Grace as a segue (I personally find the song soothing. So I've shared the verse with you)
3) "Irrigate Well" (poem)
#mentalhealthawareness
#disabilityawareness
#selfcare
#depression
#SelfLove
#encouragement
#affirmations
Black is the New Black (Say it Louder / Stroud Against Racism) Program 2/27/2021
If you are coping with depression, I share a few of my poems in this 5-minute video performance, which I hope will encourage you.
The poems are:
1) "In the Froth" (poem)
2) Me singing a verse of Amazing Grace as a segue (I personally find the song soothing. So I've shared the verse with you)
3) "Irrigate Well" (poem)
#mentalhealthawareness
#disabilityawareness
#selfcare
#depression
#SelfLove
#encouragement
#affirmations
Medium: Performance Poetry - Video
Year: 2021
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A performance poem nominated by IceFloe Press for the 2021 Pushcart Prize.
Medium: Performance Poetry
Year: 2020
Catrice Greer is a poet, literary artist, mental health advocate, arboretum docent, and a Maryland Master Naturalist in training. She is a 2021 Pushcart Prize Nominee, a 2022 Storyteller Foundation/Rainbow Fund full scholarship recipient for the Her Spirit/Story Summit writer’s conference, and a 2022 Yellow Arrow Publishing Writer in Residence.
Liu Yefu focuses on film, sound, ceramics and drawing. Influenced by Asian folk culture, Liu is interested in the expression of black humor with a stream-of-consciousness style, and playfully comments on the chaos and restlessness of social realities. By shooting daily life scenes, combined with carefully selected ready-made products in line with his fictional plot, Liu mapping the ideology and stereotypes brought by history, nationality, and memory.
"Virtual Open House" with New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
“Different Strokes/Different Folks: Queer Artists of Color Paint the 21st Century” is made possible in part by the Kors/Le Pere Foundation and with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts
Sylvia Jones reading in The HOT L Poets Series! June 12, 2022
Sylvia Jones reading in The HOT L Poets Series! June 12, 2022. The HOT L Poets Series is a reading series presented by Smartish Pace magazine and Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are held on the second Sunday of the month at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore and feature two or three poets along with an open mic.
Medium: video
Year: 2022
Details: 1:44