Kristine Leslie, Change Agent and Impactpreneur
Chief Transformation Officer
(she/her/hers)
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Consult with Kristine (CWK), a Small, Black Woman-Owned multi-service suite deeply rooted in the arts, transcends conventional consultancy. Our mission passionately revolves around infusing creativity, artistic expression, and cultural richness into the very fabric of our clients' endeavors, fostering pathways to creative and healing justice. Guided by principles of servant leadership, we specialize in connecting creative entrepreneurs, purpose-driven small businesses, people-centered non-profits, and social enterprises to their target audiences, team members, and themselves through Integrative Arts and Well-being.
Fostering Holistic Development through Creative Justice
Embrace a methodology that empowers individuals and communities to co-create transformative change. Our approach offers a roadmap for navigating and challenging the structures of heteronormative, cisnormative, imperialist, white supremacist capitalist patriarchy (IWSCP), offering a space where arts, culture, nature, education, and advocacy intersect. Through Rest as Resistance, Pleasure Activism, Kincentric Eco-Womanism, Afrofuturism, and Emergent Strategy, we guide you towards holistic well-being and meaningful transformation.
"These principles resonate with the potential of integrative arts and well-being to address the challenges of IWSCP and create spaces for healing, liberation, and social change. They offer a holistic framework that goes beyond individual well-being to encompass collective empowerment and action. (See: Philosophy)
Join us in advancing equity, justice, and transformative potential through the fine, performing, literary, and healing arts.
Integrative Arts and Well-being has the potential to offer a roadmap for navigating and challenging the structures of IWSCP, and creating a space where arts, culture, nature, education, and advocacy intersect.
Here's how:
Individual healing and empowerment:
Processing trauma and emotions: IWSCP can leave individuals and communities feeling exhausted, hopeless, and angry. Art forms like music, writing, and movement therapy can provide safe spaces to process these emotions, fostering resilience and healing.
Reclaiming identity and narrative: Through creative expression, individuals can explore and reclaim their identities and narratives, countering dominant narratives that perpetuate IWSCP.
Building self-compassion and care: Engaging in art can cultivate self-compassion and self-care, crucial for sustaining the energy needed to challenge oppressive systems.
Community building and solidarity:
Creating safe spaces: Art can create brave places and safe spaces for marginalized communities to connect, share experiences, and build solidarity. This can foster collective healing and support, amplifying voices and challenging IWSCP structures.
Raising awareness and critical consciousness: Art can be a powerful tool for raising awareness about IWSCP and its impact. Theatre, spoken word, and visual arts can expose injustices, spark critical dialogue, and inspire action.
Catalyzing social change: Art can be a catalyst for social change by inspiring empathy, challenging norms, and motivating collective action. Community art projects, murals, and performances can raise awareness, advocate for change, and empower communities.
Integration with education and advocacy:
Arts-based education: Integrating arts into education can foster critical thinking, social-emotional learning, and empathy, equipping individuals to challenge IWSCP structures.
Culturally relevant advocacy: Art can be used to create culturally relevant advocacy campaigns that resonate with diverse communities and inspire action.
Empowering marginalized voices: Arts-based advocacy can empower marginalized communities to tell their own stories, challenge dominant narratives, and advocate for themselves.