About the Event

Firsthand Experiences bring contemporary creators together with learners ages 13 and older for hands-on programs that combine creative arts, conversations, and discovery.

Join ritual artist Tara Aura for a paper collage workshop inspired by mixed media artworks on view in the exhibition Remix: The Collection. Made from materials including recycled paper and fabric to shed and shorn hair, the artworks we’ll explore express interconnectedness, ancestral memory, and cultural survival.

Together, we’ll tour the exhibition, sip herbal tea and an immunity boosting tonic, and explore the CRAP Board approach to collage our conflicts, resistance, anxiety, and procrastination on paper. After a short meditation, you’ll leave with a board to hold your CRAP and a clear vision to keep. Release what weighs on you, and make something beautiful from it that moves you toward your next chapter.

About the Instructor

Tara Aura is an interdisciplinary artist and wellness consultant dedicated to collective care and the empowerment of Black communities.

As an event producer, sound healer and ritual artist, she combines her family’s rich legacy in jazz, arts education, and community building with more than 10,000 hours of mindfulness, musicianship, and wellness practices. She was awarded a 2024-25 fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities as wellness director at Eaton DC. In addition to making art, she produces transformative private experiences and public programs through her agency BLIND SEED, integrating culturally relevant mental health resources and spiritual tools to inspire collective healing.

Questions? Email education@nmwa.org.