Valinda is an artist, designer, and community organizer dedicated to fostering equitable and inclusive communities through design and creative engagement. They enjoy junk journaling, collage, and mixed media creations.
Valinda's art serves as an outlet for processing emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Drawing inspiration from lettering, calligraphy, poetry, and sketch notes, they infuse their artwork with personal narratives and emotive themes. Each journal page becomes a canvas for storytelling, blending layers of recycled materials, hand-stamped motifs, and delicate wax seals. Valinda's artistic style embodies simplicity with depth, celebrating imperfections and highlighting the beauty of repurposed treasures.
Valinda also creates whimsical sketch notes as a separate artistic practice, capturing ideas and concepts in community spaces with playful doodles and illustrations.
Through their creative endeavors, Valinda hopes to contribute to meaningful dialogue and reflection.
Beyond their artistic pursuits, Valinda is a community leader, engaging with diverse communities to understand and address issues of equity and inclusion through design and community engagement. Through collaborative efforts and creative interventions, Valinda explores how design can promote more resilient and equitable communities.
