In this week’s journal, a visual artist learns words in Portuguese, buys a loom and then listens to the music of Ballaké Sissoko for the first time.
Author Archives: Wilson Shamira
Shamira is an interdisciplinary visual artist, farm apprentice and founder of studio Wilson Art Lab, based in Indianapolis, IN. She holds a BA in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University with an emphasis in wellness, entrepreneurship and visual art, and has studied Furniture Design and Woodworking at the Herron School of Art and Design. Nature is her wellness modality. Her current exhibitions include the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. She has exhibited nationally and internationally at the Haystack Mountain School of the Arts residency in Deer Isle, ME, and the Art for Change residency in New Delhi, India. She is a member of Impact 100 and The Eighteen Artist Collective. Her public artworks can be seen at locations across Indiana including the Indiana State Museum, Eskenazi Health Hospital, and the Indianapolis Artsgarden.