JFK T8's "A Traveling Dream: Reverie" - Lisa Wade

Lisa D. Wade describes herself as a visual, environmental storyteller. She creates with intuitive guidance, using images and spaces to tell a Queens story. She explores many mediums: paint, ink, photography, clay, paper, fabric, found objects, and words that speak through her. She arranges the spaces that her work sits in to provide further expressions of contour and content.

Wade’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows around New York City. Her commitment to the community led her to partner with local Queens artists to develop a resource and advocacy group, Southeast Queens Artists Alliance (SEQAA). Her creative projects have also expanded into curating several group exhibitions and becoming the Project Manager for the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning ARTWorks Residency Program from 2022-2024.

Her interests in preservation and archiving stories have led her to become the historian of a historic Black neighborhood in Queens.

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