Thandiwe Shiphrah

Thandiwe Shiphrah is a multidisciplinary artist and a practitioner of arts learning and community building. Her most recent projects are an extension of the work she's been doing for three decades: using the arts to inspire creativity, cross-cultural communication, and collective problem-solving. Through poetry and theater performances, concerts, workshops, and interactive art installations, she invites people to reflect, write, tap into their imagination and share their hopes, dreams, struggles, and triumphs. Thandiwe’s poems and visual art reflect a longstanding interest in poetry-inspired creativity and a fascination with the interplay between music, word, and sound. Her work has received support from Alternate Roots, Metro Nashville Arts Commission, Puffin Foundation, and Tennessee Arts Commission among others. In 2012, she joined an international roster of teaching artists recognized by the Jubilation Foundation for bringing joy to people through music and movement. Read more →