Using Creativity to Address Complex Community Problems
101-9 Ascan Street
Forest Hills, NY 11375
620 West 42nd Street #51C
NY Ny 10036
yvonne (at) regoparkgreenalliance.org
Community Murals
"As an artist, technologist, mathematician, African- American, activist, and mother I use my creative powers for transformation in my community" -Yvonne Shortt
Selected Excerpts From Portfolio
12 feet x140 feet
12 feet x 140 feet
10x10 design in over 12 locations in the USA
Mural designed to explain the water & plant systems to students
Mural that helped raise 110,000 for a garden installation
400 square foot sustainable garden
4000 square foot garden design
vegetable container garden
pathway design
Garden installed for small spaces
Community Gardens
Mobile complete with jazz songs and meditative projection in mobil ruck
Museum where all the objects come from the living
Pillows meant to bring beauty and pain
A fabric made with love and care to bring conversation and healing
A card that advertises sex and exploits the young
Curatorial
Rented after collaborative art project
3 trucks of garbage hauled away
Revitalized storefront in industrial retail space
drought tolerant garden in public space
Storefront/
Revitalization
Residencies
Workshops
Design For Social Awareness
Pedestrian Penguin card game designed to decrease transportation injuries
Card game for kids & families
Designed to give transportation injury stats for an intersection
Aluminum sign designed to promote transportation safety
Using 3d printing for adaptive technology