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I am an artist whose work lives at the confluence of sensory expressions.
I celebrate creativity as a sacred force for social change and honor plants and fungi as allies in our collective evolution.
Welcome to my blog.


Failure as Pedagogy
A quick and healthy reminder that social media only offers a curated view of each others' lives. Someone commented to me the other day that my life seems "xyz" which caught me off guard before I remembered we hadn't actually seen each other in real life for a few years and that their perception was based solely on my posts. In real life, I have been navigating the painful lessons of what it means to fail at something I put my entire heart and soul into, something that was per

Naomi Gracechild
Mar 242 min read


Offering Calabash #1
OFFERING CALABASH # 1 Naomi Grace, 2026 10" x 11" x 5.5"mixed media sculpture Calabash is a sacred plant across the African diaspora. In addition to its many practical uses including as a vessel for eating, drinking and cooking, it is also found in ritual representing the womb, creation, ancestral connection and the containment of divine wisdom. This altar piece is intended as an offering and/or prayer bowl and incorporates Ghanaian calabash, Kenyan cowrie shells, annatto-inf

Naomi Gracechild
Mar 41 min read


What is old has been made new again
Tonight marks the first new moon of 2026, coinciding with a solar eclipse and celebrations across several traditions (Lunar New Year of the Horse, Mardi Gras, Ramadan, Lent). This is a time for new beginnings, revolution, clarity of vision and momentum. The salvation we have awaited is here, not through an external savior but an active remembering from within. It is clear that we have struggled to survive a world of imbalance and confusion now barely hanging on by a thread.

Naomi Gracechild
Feb 182 min read


Queen Nanny of the Resurrection
Queen Nanny (c. 1686–1760) was a Chieftainess, priestess, and military leader of the Windward Maroons in Jamaica who innovated and lead military strategy to defeat the Imperial British army, forcing them to cede territories in Jamaica that remain sovereign to this day. The Jamaican Maroons are a living culture of sovereign peoples, keeping alive Indigenous ways of being of their Taino and Akan/Ashanti ancestors. They are descendants of people who refused to be enslaved and pr

Naomi Gracechild
Feb 172 min read


Found in the forest
I had a chance to take my camera out to Pacific Spirit Park on Musqueam territory, close to UBC campus

Naomi Gracechild
Aug 14, 20241 min read


Imagining and Practicing Resilience
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 1-3pm PST Facilitated by Hanifa Nayo Washington As we create the world we know is possible we require...

Naomi Gracechild
Jan 3, 20242 min read


SIPS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 2-6pm RATH ART SUPPIES, Main & Kingsway in Vancouver On Friday, Sept 22, 2023, I was at Rath Art...

Naomi Gracechild
Dec 20, 20231 min read


Bridget "Biddy" Mason; patron saint of the blessed open hand.
"If you hold your hand closed, nothing good can come in. The open hand is blessed, for it gives in abundance, even as it receives."...

Naomi Gracechild
Sep 1, 20233 min read


Ten Alcohol-Free Drinks to enjoy with Pride
(a condensed version of this article appeared on pg 38-39 of the 2023 Vancouver Pride Guide) Happy Pride, everyone! It’s that time of...

Naomi Grace
Jul 30, 20237 min read
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