Genre: Grantee Story

We’re well on our way with pulling together the wonderful show, Broadway Bound, with Vivid Theatre productions and the Tampa Bay JCC! Personally, I’m refining my memorization and my extensive… Read More

Making Huge Paintings Is Exciting But The Challenges Are Just As Big An important component of my DARKMATTER exhibition are the four extra-large paintings. When guests walk in to the… Read More

The paintings below are all part of a series of “Love Letters.” For me these represent the foundation for who I am and the inspiration for the works that I… Read More

The Framework For An Exhibition I wanted all of the works in DARKMATTER to feel evocative and turbulent yet still convey some sense of optimism and joy. For me this… Read More

STANDING, work in progress. Photo by Sorcha Augustine. If you’ve been following my blogs, you’ll know that I have been putting together a repertoire dedicated to Ukraine titled, STANDING. I… Read More

When Words Become Mark-Making Some of the paintings included in DARKMATTER look almost like a sign you might see by the side of the road. This is of course intentional… Read More

Whoop Whoop! The kids are officially back in school! And don’t you worry, because they have me  The best substitute ever! It’s my 2nd year subbing and I really love it!… Read More

Let’s just say the past 3 months have been very difficult. I’m currently working on producing a project that I don’t own the rights to. Therefore, one of the things… Read More

Okay, so I’ve never told this to anyone. Please don’t judge me. I, Tamia Iman Kennedy, am addicted to romance novels. There, I said it! At first, it started small…. Read More

Next up on the docket is Broadway Bound by Neil Simon! I’ll be reprising my role as Blanche Morton once again for the Tampa JCC’s JStage Series production this September! This will… Read More