Venus Free is a multi-disciplinary artist, published spoken word poet, professional love letter writer, dancer, holistic wellness practitioner, community herbalist, birth support professional, Mother of an amazing 17-year-old daughter, and a lifelong student of Visual & Performing Arts.
Venus is a cultural asset builder, new media architect & innovative educator with a background in arts education, holistic wellness, written, oral, and spoken word craft traditions.
Venus weaves holistic, social and restorative practices within her curriculum, classes & workshops across all artistic disciplines. Venus has immersed in more than 3 decades of study & exploration as a studio artist with an extensive study & application of written & oral poetic traditions, holistic medicine & immersive education within indigenous, cultural & artistic traditions with educators and artists from around the globe.
Venus incorporates a trauma-informed, empathy-centered, holistic, and culturally relevant restorative practice within her lifelong passion for arts education and its inherent intersectionality with healing & holistic traditions.
Venus studied studio art, theory & artistic disciplines at The Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and with World-Renowned Studio & Portrait Artist Autumn Skye Morrison. Venus is a graduate of Blazing Star Herbal School and Partner Earth Education Center in Advanced Clinical Western Herbalism, Traditional Plant Medicine Practices. & Trauma Informed Holistic Wellness.
Venus’s Production Company After Hours Productions curates multi-media performances, artist showcases & live art events.
Venus Co-Curated Regional Tour & Music Showcases with Southern Folk Artists Rising Appalachia and The Multi-Media Performance & Curriculum Building Showcase: Hurricane Season,The Hidden Messages in Water with Global Hip Hop Restorative Justice Poets & New Media Architects Climbing Poetree.
Word Wednesdays is an Artist Curated Restorative Justice Open Mic forum that Venus developed for performing artists, poets, & story tellers to showcase their work for audiences across the Northeast Region.