Workshop leaders
Renee Scott- Femenella (She/her)
Artist Sampler Series
Renee Scott-Fermenella is certified as a Teaching Artist for Posts for Peace and Justice- Compassionate Arts and Artist Facilitator for the Peace Pole Garden Project-Chill Sacramento. She is also an Ambassador to Compassionate Arts in Action. She loves to pain everything from rocks to murals, infusing dimension through natural materials. Collaborating with artist in the community, she engages through the power of art to raise conscious awareness of social justice, racial, and environmental inequities.
Abby Walker (She/her)
Healing and Feeling
Abby is a queer informed narrative associate marriage and family therapist at the Sacramento Narrative Collective and a community tarot reader. Recognizing that many of our problems are deeply influenced by the problems of our society she has worked with the trans and queer community for over three years. She began her work with the trans and queer community at The Gender Health Center in 2020 and continues that work in the Sacramento Narrative Collective. In her practice she support folks in their exploration of their gender, sexuality, and identities. She also deeply cares about untangling the problems put on us by the dominant culture's discourse. She holds the firm belief that people are the experts of their lives and strive to prioritize community wisdom
Cori Akiko (Any pronouns)
Punk Patch Workshop
Cori Akiko (Sir Plus Sublime) is a 30 year old nonbinary artist and drag performer from Kaneohe, Hawaii. They moved to California to study art and fell in love with Sacramento's community. They teach punk art classes at the Creation District that include sewing, embroidery, painting, and printmaking.
Nicklaus Barnes (He/they)
Punk Patch Workshop
Nicklaus Barnes is a genderqueer writer, artist, clothing designer and student born in Sacramento. He is studying Psychology and Social Justice at Sacramento City College and has aspirations of becoming a Social Worker one day.