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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Category: Literary Arts

Digging Up Family Secrets

Oprah’s show today is titled Celebs Dig Up Family Secrets Celebrity genealogy stories featured on TV may inspire you to do your own family research through census records, archival materials, and DNA testing. Family research is full of surprises…something you may need to prepare yourself for. For examples, evidence of known or unknown adoptions, births, jail or…

Simone Monique Barnes

March 9, 2010

Genealogy and Home Collections, Literary Arts

family, family secrets, family tree, Genealogy, oprah
BTB: Artist Date

Excerpt from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron An artist date is a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committing to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. In its most primary form, the artist date is an excursion, a play date that you preplan and defend against all interlopers.…

Simone Monique Barnes

February 1, 2010

Artist Date Inspiration, Books, Literary Arts

art, Artist’s Way, book, Julia Cameron, reading, writer

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Category: Literary Arts

Digging Up Family Secrets

BTB: Artist Date