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"I was moved by how comfortable and safe I felt to be in my full expression at Sovern."
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On View...
On view from October 9th - November 22nd
A multimedia exhibition featuring works from Sharon Barnes, Marie-José Njoku-Obi, uraeus, Jillian Thompson, Seh-reum Tom, and Beth Waldman.
A multimedia exhibition featuring works from Sharon Barnes, Marie-José Njoku-Obi, uraeus, Jillian Thompson, Seh-reum Tom, and Beth Waldman.
News & Upcoming programs...
Intersectional Arts, Inc., DBA Sovern LA, was founded in October 2020. In August 2021, we achieved 501(c)(3) status and opened the doors of our beautiful building in West Adams. From our beginning, we have centered our commitment to empowering artists, cultivating creative expression, and prioritizing healing for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color and non-binary (BIWOC+) artists and healers.
Our mission is to interrupt exclusion and inequity in arts and wellness by providing a creative incubator for Black and Indigenous Women and non-binary people of color to launch meaningful careers in the arts and creative disciplines. Here, we cultivate a felt sense of belonging and offer opportunities for connecting in loving community while uplifting professional development for BIWOC+ artists. Through weaving together the mental health and wellbeing benefits of ancestral healing traditions (e.g., yoga, movement, sound healing, and more) and the storytelling and narrative shifting power of BIWOC+ art, we not only serve as a platform for professional advancement, but we are one of few arts organizations leveling the playing field within the art world at large.
FIVE YEARS LATER…
Join us on December 6th from 12 PM to 5 PM to celebrate FIVE YEARS of building community-led and culturally-relevant wellness offerings for our community. The Holiday Market is a time to gather and celebrate our community's ongoing commitment to co-cultivating our unique medicines by building trust and safety across diverse backgrounds, united by a shared interest in healing, transformation, and collective care. We continue to center care and healing in all of our programming while providing platforms for sharing stories, traditions, and knowledge, fostering intergenerational connections, and celebrating diverse cultural heritage.
Our mission is to interrupt exclusion and inequity in arts and wellness by providing a creative incubator for Black and Indigenous Women and non-binary people of color to launch meaningful careers in the arts and creative disciplines. Here, we cultivate a felt sense of belonging and offer opportunities for connecting in loving community while uplifting professional development for BIWOC+ artists. Through weaving together the mental health and wellbeing benefits of ancestral healing traditions (e.g., yoga, movement, sound healing, and more) and the storytelling and narrative shifting power of BIWOC+ art, we not only serve as a platform for professional advancement, but we are one of few arts organizations leveling the playing field within the art world at large.
FIVE YEARS LATER…
Join us on December 6th from 12 PM to 5 PM to celebrate FIVE YEARS of building community-led and culturally-relevant wellness offerings for our community. The Holiday Market is a time to gather and celebrate our community's ongoing commitment to co-cultivating our unique medicines by building trust and safety across diverse backgrounds, united by a shared interest in healing, transformation, and collective care. We continue to center care and healing in all of our programming while providing platforms for sharing stories, traditions, and knowledge, fostering intergenerational connections, and celebrating diverse cultural heritage.
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Honey Balm
Tuesday, November 11th | 6 PM - 8 PM Heartbroken and burnt-out from community care work? Tired of being the only Healing Arts practitioner who talks about justice? Feeling angry and drained by spiritual bypassing in the wellness industry? You are not alone. Camellia Dao-Ling says, "Our communities need healers, and healers need community." Join Jeanne Ann Heo and Camellia Lee in co-creating a mutual support network of Healing Justice practitioners. Nourishing our connections through in-person gatherings at Sovern, we'll share medicine with each other through service exchanges and skill-trades. As we deepen our relationships through gatherings in alignment with the seasons, we honor the cadence of ritual time. This drop-in, potluck, emergent collective is inspired by the honeybee and the acronym BALM: Belonging, Access, Listening, Medicine. We invite you to practice the reLOVEutionary care work of community-building in the spirit of those who went before us. We resource ourselves so that we can show up for our communities sustainably and long-term. Sign up here |
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Cultivate Workshop Series: Sip and Sprout
Thursday, November 13 | 7 PM - 9 PM Cultivate Workshop Series By Friends Plant Shop Cultivate is a monthly workshop series exploring plant care, herbal medicine, and the art of tending! Designed to help people slow down, reconnect with plants, and learn through hands-on, sensory experiences. Each session blends education, creativity, and horticultural therapy principles to nurture both people and place. Workshops are led by Friends Plant Shop co-founders Ada Runge and Ray Odeh, who bring their backgrounds in herbalism, horticulture, and community care to create gatherings that are fun and educational. Sip & Sprout November & December 2025: Part workshop, part cozy gathering, Sip & Sprout invites participants to blend their own herbal teas while learning about teas and tisanes, exploring how each herb nourishes body and spirit. Once grounded, everyone will create their own multi-plant potted arrangement to take home. We’ll provide teas, plants, soil, and vessels - all you need to bring is your curiosity and your favorite mug for tea. Each finished arrangement makes a beautiful gift or center pieces to brighten your own space during the winter months. Sign up here |
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Building Together: Strategic Foundations for BIPOC Creatives Navigating Uncertainty
Saturday, November 15 | 11:30 AM - 1 PM With particular focus on BIPOC experiences A 90-minute interactive workshop for BIPOC creatives who are ready to get unstuck. In this session, you'll: -Work through interactive strategic exercises to focus your priorities and chart the next steps in your practice or business -Unpack internal and systemic barriers and tap into practical tools to help overcome them -Connect with other BIPOC creatives and build community -Leave with a clear action plan and strategic framework you can use as often as you need This is a safe and collaborative space to voice our challenges and develop practical solutions in real time. Whether you're emerging, mid-career, or established—juggling other jobs and commitments or feeling stuck—this workshop is for you. Sign up here |
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Couples Massage Workshop
Saturday, November 16 | 12 PM - 2 PM This workshop will be a blend of spiritual, physical, and emotional practices that will assist you in getting to know yourself, your needs, and your partner's needs in a new and more therapeutic way. Learning new ways to communicate your wants, needs, and desires to your partner while building trust. You'll leave feeling grounded and connected to your own and your partner's body and spirit. Facilitated by Kamryn Howard. Sign up here |
