Connecting with Plant Medicine: A Free 2-part Workshop on Agua Florida

The community is invited to come out and connect with plant medicine as we make Agua Florida together. This traditional scented water with natural ingredients has been used over the years to keep energy cleansed and the mind, body, heart and spirit lifted. Please join us in a two part series to learn about herbal allies and how they are combined with citrus and spice blends to create an aromatic tool for support during times of need. In this hands-on workshop, attendees will be able to spend time in meditation, learn about the uses of agua florida and be able to take the herbal remedy home.

ARTIST BIO:
Keena Azania Romano exercises her creative mind through the
exploration of diverse artistic mediums as a way to engage and
understand individual and collective purpose. Romano received her
BFA from Pomona College then returned to her native Bay Area to
pursue a career in the Arts. Her Murals can be spotted from
Sacramento, California, to Richmond, Virginia to Oaxaca, Mexico.
Inspired by cultural practices, Romano combines spirituality with
urban experience to produce work that draws upon the quest for a
greater understanding of intersectional beauty in this world. She fuses
traditional native arts with contemporary inner-city techniques to
reflect a new language that encourages the healing and
empowerment process between community members and their
environments. Her style is described as “vibrant and insightful”.
She aspires to travel and create a colorful trail of art by exploring the
modern Diaspora based on her multi-ethnic experience.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
Inspired by the Global Arts Movement, I work to strengthen the Bay
Area’s contribution to visual representation of culture. My artwork
incorporates esoteric themes, color theory and blends concepts such
as urban experiences with historical, modern, and futuristic realities. I
create Public Art to encourage dialogue within the community and
transcend the urban landscape. Working with my art collectives Few &
Far Women and Los Pobres Artistas, I utilize paints, stencils, natural
objects and various other mediums to create a multi-ethnic lens that
aims to embody the colorful, healing and hopeful reality of both
present and future urban lifestyle.

I have been an active teaching artist for the past nine years in
the Bay Area facilitating interactive mural projects on and off
campuses and preparing students for the professional art world.
Working for organizations such as the Attitudinal Healing Connection
and Richmond Art Center, I had the opportunity to work with different
school sites and community events such as: a. Life is Living, Art &
Soul Festival, Friday Night Live, Marcus Foster School and others. It is
amazing to witness how the mural making process brings community
together, allows us to discover talents and strengthens our connection
to our neighborhoods and creative culture.

For more info, please check out the links below:
A. www.fewandfarwomen.com/kee
B. www.facebook.com/KeenaRomano
C. www.instagram.com/LaMakina510
D. www.my-diina.com/keena

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