The Wesley Community is excited to welcome multi-disciplinary artist, Nicoletta de la Brown, to lead us in sacred conversation and ritual. Sacred Art and Ritual Gathering is an intentional gathering of kindred spirits to center ourselves for the New Year. Surrounded by art in the Dadian Gallery, we will enjoy peaceful reflection, tea, and discuss how the divinity of art can guide us on our spiritual journeys. All are welcome to join us Thursday, January 11 at 11 a.m. in the Dadian Gallery for this sacred gathering.

Please RSVP to Jessie Houff at jhouff@wesleyseminary.edu

Nicoletta Darita de la Brown (Panamanian-American b. 1981 Baltimore, MD) is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and curandero chamána (shamanic practitioner). Her artworks re-conceive the life of an artist as thriving, nourishing others during and through her art practice, while healing herself in public space as a Black-Latin woman. She is Artist-In-Residence at Baltimore School for the Arts, 2022-24 Tabb Center Public Humanities Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, 2023 Artist-In-Residence at The National Aquarium, 2023 JJC-MICA-BMA Artist-In-Residence. Former sculpture professor at Towson University and former adjunct faculty in the MFA in Community Arts Graduate Program at Maryland Institute College of Art. Nicoletta’s performances have been presented at The National Aquarium, Baltimore MD; The Phillips Collection, Washington DC; The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC; The Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building, Washington DC; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD; Eubie Blake, Baltimore, MD. Exhibitions of Nicoletta’s video artworks and installations have been presented at Bennington College Usdan Gallery, Bennington, Vermont; The National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD; The Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore MD; IA&A at Hillyer Gallery, Washington DC; Cardinal Gallery, Baltimore MD; Pinkard Gallery, Baltimore MD; The Segal Gallery, Baltimore MD; Leidy Atrium, Baltimore MD; MICA PLACE, Baltimore MD. Her work is included in private and public collections, such as The Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University, GLB Memorial Foundation Collection, The National Aquarium.