Simone Monique Barnes

  • Speaking
    • Wildflower UU Church Guest Speaker
  • WritingWordsmith — “a person who works with words; especially: a skillful writer” (Merriam-Webster)
  • Laughter YogaSelect Highlights Funda Fest 12 The Rhode Island Black Storytellers’ 12th annual festival, held January 17-24, 2010 throughout the state of Rhode Island, celebrating Black storytelling Ribsfest.org REMIX: Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University on exhibit April 2008 to January 2009 Curatorial Advisor for contemporary art exhibit co-curated by four undergraduate student members of Native Americans at Harvard College, on behalf of the Ivy Native Council. Featured the art of Bunky Echo-Hawk, Courtney Leonard, Doug Miles, and Ryan Red Corn Peabody Museum Student curators highlight American Indian cultural ‘Remix’   New York Woman’s Agenda’s inaugural  ”New York Reads Together”   Created, planned and implemented New York Reads Together: New York City’s first citywide book discussion program based on the reading of one book Secured last minute funding, bringing the budget from $0 to $81,000 to provide funding for a new website www.nyreadstogether.org, marketing materials, and over 11,000 special NYRT editions of The Color of Water by James McBride to be donated to public schools and libraries, shelters, and community-based organizations. Served as media spokesperson, and performed crisis management, refocusing media on the educational aspects of the program Implemented partnerships and outreach to get New…
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  • December 8, 2010

    Do It Yourself Ornaments

    Made ornaments for activity time during Silver Lake‘s annual Christmas celebration. Hesitant artisans young and old soon found that they could transform raw materials into artistic creations to adorn Christmas tree or decorate outdoor bushes to feed happy birds. No templates were used, just a few scrap materials and old fashioned imagination. For tips on how…

  • November 29, 2010

    A Few Views from Silver Lake

  • November 22, 2010

    Artist-in-Residence

    Enjoying my stay at Silver Lake Camp and Conference Center in Sharon, Connecticut. It’s wonderful to be treated like a rockstar. Even better to be given a wonderful opportunity to be nurtured and refilled as a creative entity. Nothing like the music of the wind in the trees, the birds singing, the stream gurgling, deer noshing, squirrels…

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