ChelseaDee Harrison is a theater-maker, “artivist”, Teaching Artist, and public arts engagement specialist. She has developed and facilitated community-based arts workshops with institutions such as The Kennedy Center, The Ford’s Theatre Society, New York City Center, Carnegie Hall, The Maui Arts & Cultural Center, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The National Guild for Community Arts Education, and for survivors of human trafficking and their families. She is a 2024 TYA/USA Emerging Leader Fellow as well as a 2024 Arts and Humanities Fellow with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She is also the executive producer, writer, and host of the warrior queen podcast, Vanguard of the Viragoes. Her inspiration is crafting multi-platform public engagement experiences that highlight history, challenge dominant narratives and ensure that art is a tool in the hands of the people. You can follow her work at linktr.ee/ChelseaDee
Who am I? A creative envisionist.
A theater-maker, dancer, and writer.
An actor, culture-bearer, storyteller. An archivist of defiant femme leadership.
A complicator of dominant historical narratives and public programmer.
A "Trickster" facilitator, Teaching Artist, arts integration specialist, curriculum-creator. A creative entrepreneur and Afrofuturist.