about

holis! i’m steph (they/them, elle/nosotres), a queer multidisciplinary borikua artist and agricultore jíbare from and based in borikén, also colonially known as puerto rico.

i’m interested in using different mediums of storytelling to practice remembering, studying, honoring and building from/upon the ancestral solidarities and dreams that have survived colonization for time immemorial, especially highlighting and connecting with caribbean and latin american communities from abya yala to turtle island to connecting with different luchas around the world. from taking photos to writing prose, poetry and memorias - to directing, producing, editing videos - to farming n composting in community, to popular education and making things with my hands - i’m here to cultivate deep curiosity and tender attention. mi trabajo de amor focuses on (gender)identity/patería and culture, social and food justice, seed stories and seed saving, oral storytelling, poetry, herbal medicines, composting, queer ecology, reconnecting with arawak n taíno ancestors, community, imagination as practice, and more.

want to create, learn, play, imagine, grow food and visions, share and/or build stories, joy and solidarity together? open to collabs or freelance projects🦋

libertad para todxs los pueblos oprimidos - desde el río hasta el mar

awards

editor, bomba for blm, the bowery awards, 2020
jury award, esa gente, puerto rico queer film festival, 2016

Featured

portrait, borderless independent expo curated by m, 2018

contact

email: snstoddard29@gmail.com
ig: @atiemposemilla
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