Vanessa is a Griot, a writer, a playwright, an actor, a fiber artist, a museum consultant, a community activist, a historian, and an educator.

“I am a quilt of all the Women and Girls that I have met on my life journey; the telling of their struggles, triumphs, and defeats. I learned who I was though their testimonies, and used their stories to develop how I fought my own battles in creating an Identity as a Woman of African Descent living in the United States. These stories shaped my definition of Social Justice, and influenced my own activism. Without these Voices, these Stories, I would not be who I am today.” – Vanessa Johnson

This project was made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts.

UNWRAPPING VANESSA: Fiber Memory Art by Vanessa Johnson – ArtRage G...

At the Cauyuga Museum in Auburn, from my Exhibition "In God's Voice - The Spirituality of Harriet Tubman". There are also pieces next door at the Schweinfurth Art Center.
*I graduated from high school with Vanessa Johnson.  She is and was one of my dearest friends.

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Beautiful, a great talented woman!

She is the only one I know who searches the beaches for imperfect shells, she then can sew them into the fabric through the holes.  Vanessa is a 'griot' too.

Vanessa is an active, dedicated, talented and excited WOMAN.

yes, she is...she's always doing a show, writing a book, or teaching.  She's a griot too.

I agree.

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