“Madonna’s Earth” | WAARC Community Mural | Installed by Sammel Group | September 2023
OFFERED SERVICES
Rooted in the Black Madonna, African diaspora spiritual tradition, and the belief that art is one of the oldest healing technologies we have. Whether you're ready to move through a threshold, commission a piece that carries real cultural weight, or bring a transformative art experience to your community — you're in the right place.
I offer: 1:1 coaching, group workshops, custom digital illustrations, large-scale murals, live art for events, and speaking and institutional partnerships.
To view my creative work, visit my portfolio.
COLOR PILGRIMAGE 1:1 COACHING
Your voice belongs to you. It always did.
A 1:1 coaching container for artists, healers, cultural workers, and emerging leaders who are ready to move through the threshold that is standing between who they are and who they were always meant to become.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF:
✦ You are a creative, healer, educator, or cultural leader who feels the gap between where you are and where you know you're meant to be — and you're ready to close it.
✦ You have been doing the internal work but feel like you're moving through water. You need a container with structure, depth, and someone who has been through it.
✦ You are a Black woman, a person from the African diaspora, an immigrant, a queer person, or anyone who has felt that the available healing frameworks were not built with your full complexity in mind.
✦ You are an artist or creative professional who has lost your voice, your joy, or your sense of purpose — and you know those things are still in there.
✦ You are a therapist, somatic practitioner, or healing professional who pours into others and has neglected your own threshold work.
✦ You are ready. Not perfect. Not fully healed. Just ready to move.
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The Threshold Reading · 90 minutes · $150
We identify which color threshold you're standing at, name the wound, and map the medicine. You leave with a personalized art therapy practice and the curriculum materials for your active color. This is the entry point — one session, one threshold named.
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The First Step 4 weeks · 2 sessions · $450
We identify your active threshold in Session 1 and begin moving through it in Session 2. Voice note support between sessions. One art therapy practice. Curriculum materials for your active color. For people who need a contained, low-commitment first experience of the work.
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The Crossing 6 weeks · 3 sessions · $850
The full threshold experience. We identify, move through, and begin integrating one complete color wound. Voice note support throughout. Three personalized art therapy practices. Full curriculum materials. This is the container where real movement happens.
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The Full Pilgrimage · 3 months · 6 sessions · $2,500
You enter the container at the exact color threshold your life is currently working through. We identify it together in our first session. Over three months, you move through it — not around it.
What's included:
✦ 6 bi-weekly 1:1 coaching sessions (60 minutes each) via video call
✦ Personalized color and chakra assessment in Session 1 to identify your active threshold
✦ Monthly art therapy practice tailored to your specific wound — not generic prompts, but practices designed for where you actually are
✦ Access to the Color Pilgrimage curriculum materials for your active color: the teaching, the lineage, the affirmations, the art therapy workbook section
✦ Voice note support between sessions — you can send me voice notes and I will respond within 48 hours
✦ A closing integration session at the end of Month 3: what moved, what opened, what you are carrying forward
Payment plans are available for The Color Pilgrimage Intensive for 3 monthly payments of $900.
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The Deep Pilgrimage · 6 months · 12 sessions · $5,000
Everything in the 3-month Intensive, doubled and deepened. You move through two full color thresholds. You have time not just to cross a threshold but to integrate what you found on the other side.
Everything in the Intensive, plus:
✦ 12 bi-weekly sessions over 6 months
✦ A mid-point portrait — at the 3-month mark, I create a small original Black Madonna for you based on what has emerged in our work together. She is made from your specific healing. There is no other painting like her.
✦ A written witness document at the close — a letter from me describing what I observed in you over the 6 months: what I saw you carry, what I watched you put down, who you are now that you were not when we began. This is yours to keep.
✦ Priority access to all workshops and group offerings during your container period
✦ A closing ritual — our final session is designed as a ceremony, not a debrief
Payment plans are available for The Color Pilgrimage for 6 monthly payments of $900
THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROMISE:
By the end of your Color Pilgrimage container — whether one session or six months — you will:
✦ Have moved through a specific threshold that you have been standing at — identified, named, and crossed
✦ Have a living art practice that belongs to you — a private, embodied creative process that heals. Something you can return to after the container ends.
✦ Have a direct relationship with the color or colors that govern your current life chapter — and the tools to work with them independently long after our time together.
✦ Have claimed a dimension of your identity, authority, or creative voice that was previously suppressed, doubted, or unavailable to you.
✦ Have a record of your passage — the affirmations, the art therapy practices, the curriculum materials, and the voice notes. In the 6-Week Intensive and longer containers, a written witness of what moved in you. In the Deep Dive, an original Black Madonna painting made from your specific healing. There is no other painting like her.
You are not purchasing accountability. You are not purchasing motivation. You are purchasing the experience of being fully witnessed through a real passage — by someone who has made this pilgrimage themselves and built the map from their own crossing.
The container meets you where you are. The promise is that you will not leave where you arrived.
COLOR PILGRIMAGE: WORKSHOP
A 90-minute group experience moving through one color threshold — its wound, its medicine, and its creative expression. Designed for organizations, retreats, wellness spaces, and communities ready to engage healing through art and spiritual tradition.
Pricing varies based on scope, audience, and organizational context. Public workshops and private/organizational bookings both available. Reach out to start the conversation.
Cultural-Psychedelic Digital Illustration
VT PUBLIC | Art From Every Corner Artist Collaboration piece, “VT Sonder”
I create bold, meaningful artwork inspired by cultural heritage, spirituality, and empowerment. Commission digital pieces for your creative needs such as:
a personal portrait
a statement piece for your brand
a visually stunning design for your project
Mural Art for Public & Private Spaces
“Black Freedom, Black Madonna & The Black Child of Hope” mural piece for Burlington’s 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration
Your walls have a story to tell—let’s bring it to life with a mural that speaks to your community, identity, and vision. I create custom, large-scale public art that inspire empowerment.
Let’s collaborate to bring a unique, vibrant vision to your walls that uplifts and inspires.
Mural options available:
Acrylic
Ultra-Vibrant Vinyl on Aluminum Panels
Live Art for Events
Digital art piece created by Serena Gahagan (IG: @toe.maytoe) during a live digital art event hosted by Champlain College for Artist in Circulation.
Looking for a unique way to captivate your audience?
Live art creates an interactive experience where guests can watch a piece evolve in real time.
You can book me for the following occasions:
Conferences
Workshops
Retreats
Festivals
Private gatherings
Speaking, Panels, Institutional Partnerships
Receiving a warm embrace from students after doing a vinyl workshop at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, VT.
Whether you’re looking for a hands-on creative session or a thought-provoking conversation, these events are designed to inspire connection, creativity, and deeper understanding. Let’s build an experience that sparks new ideas and leaves a lasting impact.
Art isn’t just something to admire—it’s something to engage with, learn from, and be inspired by.
I offer:
Creative workshops
Panel Discussions
Guest Lectures, covering topics such as:
cultural storytelling
identity in art
the power of visual narratives
Let's Create Something Powerful Together
Ready to Work Together?
This form is Commission & Project Inquiry based. If you are interested in the Color Pilgrimage 1:1 Coaching, please apply here.
Whether you're inquiring about a mural commission, custom illustration, public speaking, or a workshop, please fill out the form below and I'll be in touch.
FAQ
Have questions about working together? You're in the right place. Whether you're curious about the Color Pilgrimage coaching container, a workshop for your organization, or a mural or illustration commission — the answers below will help you find your footing. If you don't see what you're looking for, reach out directly through the form above.
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The Color Pilgrimage is a seven-color healing curriculum built from original Black Madonna paintings, African diaspora spiritual tradition, psychedelic history, and transformative leadership theory. It lives in 1:1 coaching containers, group workshops, TikTok, and Substack.
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Book a free discovery call and we'll figure it out together. If you're new to this work, the Threshold Reading (single session, $150) or the 4-Week Journey ($450) is a natural entry point. If you're ready to go deep, the 6-Week Intensive or longer containers are designed for that.
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A free 45-minute conversation to understand where you are, what threshold you're standing at, and whether the Color Pilgrimage container is the right fit. There's no pressure in either direction — it's a genuine conversation, not a sales pitch.
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The Black Madonna refers to depictions of the Virgin Mary with dark or Black features, historically significant across Africa, Europe, and the Americas. She appears as Our Lady of Częstochowa in Poland, Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre in Cuba, and Erzulie Dantor in Haitian Vodou. In this work, she is the archetype of the divine feminine — wild, uncontainable, and rooted in lineage.
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Public and private commissions in acrylic paint or ultra-vibrant vinyl on aluminum panels. Community murals, organizational spaces, and private installations. Mural projects typically run 1–6 months depending on scale. Book a consultation to discuss your vision.
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We start with a conversation about your concept, cultural context, and vision. I create bold, contemporary pieces rooted in spiritual symbolism, cultural heritage, and the divine feminine. Turnaround time and pricing depend on scope — fill out the form to get a quote.
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