Larissa Ramey is a multi-disciplinary maker, entrepreneur, and arts organizer. Her work investigates and invests in the black archive, building community toolkits and workshops, and promoting care and resources within her social-artistic practice. Ramey created STOOP TALK, an interactive and collaborative workshop to promote and offer accessibility to art and educational resources for the NWA community by activating each workshop by sharing participating skill sets of multiple disciplines of art that are made with love and solidarity. A significant part of her artistic practice is collaborating with the black and brown community to give access to the world of making, art education, and sustainable legacy and archival methodologies.
Larissa received her B.F.A. from the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and is a third-year graduate student pursuing her M.F.A at the University of Arkansas – School of Art. She is the Sharon Killian Visual Arts Endowed Fall 2023 Intern at Crystal Bridges Museum and Gees Bending Quilting Summer 2023 Residency and Scholarship Recipient.
Recently, her works have been exhibited at Art>entures Gallery, The University of Iowa, Canvas Rebel Magazine, The Arkansas Democrat Gazette, and The Art Association of Harrisburg.
Image Credit ©Harlan Trent Bozeman
Larissa received her B.F.A. from the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and is a third-year graduate student pursuing her M.F.A at the University of Arkansas – School of Art. She is the Sharon Killian Visual Arts Endowed Fall 2023 Intern at Crystal Bridges Museum and Gees Bending Quilting Summer 2023 Residency and Scholarship Recipient.
Recently, her works have been exhibited at Art>entures Gallery, The University of Iowa, Canvas Rebel Magazine, The Arkansas Democrat Gazette, and The Art Association of Harrisburg.
Image Credit ©Harlan Trent Bozeman