As Seen In WBUR, BNN, Boston Hassle, Boston Globe
A multifaceted artist with an art practice that is varied via paintings, murals, jewelry, and performance. Striving to create art that invokes joy, representation, empowerment, and thought. Known as a facilitator, innovator, and motivator. She found her true love of the arts in 2005 after taking on the artful journey of motherhood. There something was sparked in her and she
began painting and claimed her throne as an artist.
Da Artist ZNT, as she is lovingly known, teaches art practices from the youngest to the oldest artist at heart. Integrating social justice, cultural awareness, and a healing engagement educational approach into her curriculum. She earned an AS in Early Childhood Education, with an Arts Program focus from Bunker Hill Community College, and holds a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston.
She has collaborated with the community to develop engaging learning opportunities with arts organizations and others to focus on workshops and art curation that are inclusive to all, and so much more. She has developed community partnerships with The Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston Public Library, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston Food Forest Coalition, The Urban Farming Institute, The Food Project, A FAR CRY, Fenway Health Center, Wheelock Family Theater at Boston University and Little Uprising.
When she's not painting or practicing some mode of artmaking, she is a self-proclaimed vegan chef. She gains insight, joy, wisdom, and laughter from her two sons who are artistic creations in their own right Diligent Shallah and Divyne Anwar.
She believes there are no mistakes in art.
