MONIFA KINCAID
2021-22 COMMUNITY CONVENING COHORT PARTNER
CLAIMING THE VISUAL NARRATIVE - NEWARK PUBLIC ARTS PROJECT
CLAIMING THE VISUAL NARRATIVE - NEWARK PUBLIC ARTS PROJECT
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Born in NYC, Monifa's artistic background began with an 18 year professional career in contemporary dance, rhythm tap dance, choreography and as a dance educator in the NYC public school system. Her visual artwork has been shown at Feel, Reveal, Heal at The Yard, Washington, D.C., sK.Artspace x Brooklyn Blooms, Brooklyn, NY, Akwaaba Gallery in Newark, N.J., Newark Arts Festival, Art-In-The-Atrium in Morristown, NJ and at the Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, NY. She has been published in Root Work Journal and featured in Refresh Magazine and Plugged Media. Monifa was also a 2021 Manifesting Light Award recipient in which she will use funds to provide arts materials and coloring pages packages to a local shelter in Newark, NJ. She received an M.S. in Early Childhood Education from Lehman College, an M.A. in Choreography from the Laban Centre in London, UK and a B.F.A. in Contemporary Dance Performance from The University of the Arts in Phila, P.A.
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CURRENT & PAST SHOWS 2021
Feel, Reveal, Heal at The Yard, Washington, D.C. 2021 sK.Artspace x Brooklyn Blooms, Brooklyn, NY Fall 2020 - Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY Fall 2020 - Newark Arts Festival with Femme Curator Arts Summer 2020 - Art In The Atrium in Morristown, New Jersey Summer 2020 - Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, New Jersey Fall 2019 - Newark Arts Festival with Femme Curator Arts
AWARDS
2021 Manifesting Light Award Recipient
PUBLICATIONS
Spoken Black Girl Magazine Refresh Magazine, https://www.refresh-magazine.com/artwork/her-black-body Plugged Media, https://plugged-media.com/growth-spurt Root Work Journal, Volume 1: Issue 1: 2020, www.rootworkjournal.orgCURRENT & PAST SHOWS 2021
Feel, Reveal, Heal at The Yard, Washington, D.C. 2021 sK.Artspace x Brooklyn Blooms, Brooklyn, NY Fall 2020 - Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY Fall 2020 - Newark Arts Festival with Femme Curator Arts Summer 2020 - Art In The Atrium in Morristown, New Jersey Summer 2020 - Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, New Jersey Fall 2019 - Newark Arts Festival with Femme Curator Arts
AWARDS
2021 Manifesting Light Award Recipient
PUBLICATIONS
Spoken Black Girl Magazine
Refresh Magazine, https://www.refresh-magazine.com/artwork/her-black-body
Plugged Media, https://plugged-media.com/growth-spurt
Root Work Journal, Volume 1: Issue 1: 2020, www.rootworkjournal.org
Feel, Reveal, Heal at The Yard, Washington, D.C. 2021 sK.Artspace x Brooklyn Blooms, Brooklyn, NY Fall 2020 - Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY Fall 2020 - Newark Arts Festival with Femme Curator Arts Summer 2020 - Art In The Atrium in Morristown, New Jersey Summer 2020 - Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, New Jersey Fall 2019 - Newark Arts Festival with Femme Curator Arts
AWARDS
2021 Manifesting Light Award Recipient
PUBLICATIONS
Spoken Black Girl Magazine Refresh Magazine, https://www.refresh-magazine.com/artwork/her-black-body Plugged Media, https://plugged-media.com/growth-spurt Root Work Journal, Volume 1: Issue 1: 2020, www.rootworkjournal.orgCURRENT & PAST SHOWS 2021
Feel, Reveal, Heal at The Yard, Washington, D.C. 2021 sK.Artspace x Brooklyn Blooms, Brooklyn, NY Fall 2020 - Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY Fall 2020 - Newark Arts Festival with Femme Curator Arts Summer 2020 - Art In The Atrium in Morristown, New Jersey Summer 2020 - Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, New Jersey Fall 2019 - Newark Arts Festival with Femme Curator Arts
AWARDS
2021 Manifesting Light Award Recipient
PUBLICATIONS
Spoken Black Girl Magazine
Refresh Magazine, https://www.refresh-magazine.com/artwork/her-black-body
Plugged Media, https://plugged-media.com/growth-spurt
Root Work Journal, Volume 1: Issue 1: 2020, www.rootworkjournal.org
