https://artistshelleybruce.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Shelley BruceenSat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://open.spotify.com/artist/6luvp7bzzNlUiT9f438GSs?si=vQnE-emtTz-_mksGJwQNsQListen to Artist Shelley Bruce on Spotify.Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://open.spotify.com/artist/6luvp7bzzNlUiT9f438GSs?si=vQnE-emtTz-_mksGJwQNsQhttps://afrozero.artiva.app/#HeavenHere by Artist Shelley Bruce & Michael Tella is the genesis project of AfroZero, an NFT marketplace for crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens.Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://afrozero.artiva.app/https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/artistshelleybruceIn this first episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome entrepreneur, artist, activist, and my wellness wifey, Shelley Bruce. Shelley is the creator of Day of Healing, a healing gathering on Venice Beach that combined the concept of much-needed protests with community organizing and wellness to bring a rejuvenating experience for artists, activists, entrepreneurs, and everyone else in between. Shelley shares with us the ways she stays grounded during these turbulent times, the inspiration behindSat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/artistshelleybrucehttps://artistshelleybruce.bandcamp.com/Listen to Shelley's full portfolio of published poetry and mediation work here on Bandcamp /// About: With a background in higher education, reiki, & meditation, Shelley’s creative focus is on visual art, poetry, spirituality & activism. Her 1st publication of poetry, On Blooming, was released in 2018, & most recent painting series, Heaven Here, in 2019. Shelley is also the founder of the event series HEALING, that produces protests based in wellness to powerfully rejuvenate & inspire communities. ... moreSat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://artistshelleybruce.bandcamp.com/https://medium.com/@shelleybruce_72099/the-necessary-power-of-black-women-ritual-performance-art-7234816a9334The Necessary Power of Black Women, Ritual & Performance Art Tonight, Thursday Feb. 17th 2022, for the new THPE project I’ll be sharing a small piece of what has evolved into a multifaceted collaboration of mediums; what I realize now is my performance art. After much processing and reflection of all that has been summoned (personally, professionally and spiritually) since I released the Heaven Here poetry album and NFT series in December 2021, I desire to and find it essential that I acknowleThu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://medium.com/@shelleybruce_72099/the-necessary-power-of-black-women-ritual-performance-art-7234816a9334https://medium.com/@shelleybruce_72099/harmonizing-duality-68c438450e44A reflection on Poetry Meditation , Surrender 2020, by Artist Shelley Bruce. listen here. This year is filled with doubt. At every turn there seems to be a shocking tragedy, and to encourage others to see the light in all this darkness in one aspect is quite trite. We cannot so quickly wave over the experience of this much death. We have to look at this year to be held awake, and sometimes responsible. We can see the painful sadness and hardened rigidity, steeped in fear, that wants to ignore ilFri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://medium.com/@shelleybruce_72099/harmonizing-duality-68c438450e44https://forthe.org/journalism/day-of-healing/To the backdrop of renewed outrage and grief, organizer Shelley Bruce felt more compelled than ever to offer the Day of Healing event in order to help with the “restoration and momentum” of local organizers and activists who understandably expressed anger, sadness, and exhaustion in response to the clear lack of justice in the verdict. Bruce spoke to FORTHE about her appreciation for the hardworking Black women behind the scenes in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and the need for the prioThu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://forthe.org/journalism/day-of-healing/