A PICTORIAL RESUME OF KAREN JONES MEADOWS’ ONE PURPOSE PRODUCTIONS LIFE HARMONIZING OFFERINGS THROUGH; LITERARY, PERFORMING, AND VISUAL ARTS; COMMUNITY DRAMA AS A HEALING ART EVENTS; COMMUNITY UNIFYING CULTURAL EVENTS; AND WHOLE SOUL INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND RETREAT SESSIONS.
Taking a bow after performing HARRIET'S RETURN: Based Upon the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman, at the Dock Street Theatre, produced by The Charleston Black Repertory Theatre.
Directing students to spur-of-the-moment participate in a scene during my performance of the youth version of HARRIET'S RETURN: Based On The Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman. The audience loved them!
Cast of my newest play, STERLING'S SILVER, as a world premier enhanced reading representing the United States during the AfroMundo International Festival 2024. They were amazing!
After performing an excerpt of HARRIET’S RETURN at the National Heritage Area Congressional Heart & Soul Annual Awards Breakfast, in Washington, DC., I was honored with a Story Protector Award, presented by the Northern New Mexico Rio Grande National Heritage Area, engraved in English, Tewa, and Spanish.
Reading for the Breonna Taylor and Loreal Tsingine memorial mural dedication at the Peace and Justice Center, NM.
Inter-generational CULTURE IN THE QUARTER workshop, The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture, NC.
Procession to the river symbolically returning our Ancestors' Souls home to Africa. This event of The NM African American Resilience Committee founded by Dr. Doris Fields and me, and embraced by many, was part of the 1619 Project global movement honoring African heritage and resilience throughout the Diaspora.
Leading an ALTARS THAT ALTER Magical Sundays Event at The Southwest Sanctuary For Wisdom & Healing, aka Mingtong Gu's Chi Center.
Duke Energy Employees Lunch and Learn Corporate Event, Drama As A Healing Art Workshop, NC.
Officiating a Labyrinth-Walk Celebration of Life Ceremony.
Walking With The Diaspora Staff, Gifts of the Ancestors Exhibit
Officiating Tamarin's and Yu's Wedding.
Every year I do something I've always wanted to do, or I am afraid to do. Last year during a wonderful MEA (Modern Elder Academy) week-long workshop, I climbed a mountain. This was absolutely terrifying, but I DID IT, (with help) YAY!