visionaries. dreamers. art educators. poets. artists.environmentalists
We are a collective of artists and educators. As individual artists, our work explores the stories and complicated identities as immigrant women of colour and embeds the political with the personal.
Veronica Diaz is an emerging photographer, poet, and visual artist. Her work uncovers the relationship of culture and heritage within artistic social environmentalism.
Veronica grew up in Guatemala City and Queretaro (hometown), Mexico and explores the multifaceted Latin-American diasporic identities through her visual art and poetry.
She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Joint Honours degree on Environment & Resource Studies and Spanish & Latin American Studies.
Veronica Fredericks is an educator, emerging poet and story-teller who passionately believes in the transformative power of the arts.
From a mixed Guyanese-Colombian background, born in Venezuela, and growing up in Toronto, Veronica's work explores explore the multiplicity of identity which exist simultaneously.
Veronica is a graduate from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature as well as Queen’s University Artist in Community Bachelor of Education Program.
Both meet when active artists in Waterloo’s spoken word scene and first collaborated as members of the spoken word group The Kitchen Table Poets.
Together, along with other artist in Waterloo helped shape and make a space for young artists in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. Projects include the Kitchener Waterloo Expressive Collective (KWEC) to connect young artists in the community and provide youth creative expression workshops.
With our knowledge and skills in building creative communities we are collaborating once more to create the Tamarind Eco Art Projects.
