Arielle John

Determined to celebrate the West Indian now while designing our shared survival of the future, Arielle John approaches poetry, music and theatre as medicine for Atlantic peoples, their resilient cultures, and the land (and sea) they occupy. Learning, living and sharing her work in global spaces including South Africa, New York and London, the Sangre Grande ‘Big Blood’ millennial moves beyond the possibilities of art into community-building, eco-theology and decolonization as a lifestyle. After building another one woman show through a generous Artist Residency for black people fed up with capitalism (2022), the CATAPULT grant awardee (2022) continues her work as arts educator and spiritual consultant, re-indigenizing everything as she goes. Arielle became a teaching artist with GBHTT in 2017.