Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Enter an artist studio space and witness the creative process. In this video, artist and performer Nicoletta de la Brown provides insight into her work where she creates headdresses that speak to her thoughts on identity and power. Watch as she breaks her process down into three steps: gathering, making, and activating.
Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown (she/they) is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and chamána (shaman) who comes from a long line of healers. She is Black Latinx, proud to be a first-generation Panamanian born in the United States. Her artworks re-conceive the life of an artist as thriving, nourishing herself and others during and through her art practice. She teaches “Mindfulness in Art Practice” at the Baltimore School for the Arts; formerly, she was a sculpture professor at Towson University and adjunct faculty in the MFA Community Arts Program at Maryland Institute College of Art. For more information, visit: https://vidamagica.love/.
Enter an artist studio space and witness the creative process. In this video, artist and performer Nicoletta de la Brown provides insight into her work where she creates headdresses that speak to her thoughts on identity and power. Watch as she breaks her process down into three steps: gathering, making, and activating.
Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown (she/they) is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and chamána (shaman) who comes from a long line of healers. She is Black Latinx, proud to be a first-generation Panamanian born in the United States. Her artworks re-conceive the life of an artist as thriving, nourishing herself and others during and through her art practice. She teaches “Mindfulness in Art Practice” at the Baltimore School for the Arts; formerly, she was a sculpture professor at Towson University and adjunct faculty in the MFA Community Arts Program at Maryland Institute College of Art. For more information, visit: https://vidamagica.love/.
