NiQueen Jones
NiQueen Jones
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NiQueen Jones is an Oakland-based multidisciplinary artist and abolitionist educator who intersects the concepts of social justice, youth empowerment, and mindfulness.
In 2019, NiQueen was on a team that created a mobile “Living” Black History Museum with Spearitwurx. In 2021,She participated in AfroUrban Society’s “Lit from the Black” Fellowship, served her city as a “Black Culture Keeper” and in the capacity of a “Neighborhood Messenger” for East Oakland’s Black Cultural Zone. In 2022, NiQueen’s work was recognized by a grant from Abolitionist Teachers Network, and she earned an Emerging Artist Grant Award by Youth Speaks & California Arts Council in 2023. NiQueen is currently composing a poetry project while completing her Masters of Arts degree in Arts Management
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