ROOTS & RHYTHM
Black Environmental
Stories of Dallas
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
Roots & Rhythms is a free, 8-week community arts residency that brings together creativity, culture, and environmental justice in Black communities across Dallas.
Led by artists Myca Williamson and Nitashia Johnson, this in-person program explores our ancestral connections to the earth while addressing real issues like food access, air quality, climate change, and neighborhood health.
Through poetry, journaling, collage, photography, film, and hands-on planting, participants will create art, learn from local organizations and city leaders, and document their own stories. Each session includes creative activities using recycled materials, conversations with guest speakers, and take-home items like journals, seeds, or art pieces.
No prior art experience is needed. All ages are welcome. This is a space to learn, create, reflect, and imagine more sustainable futures together.
Join us for the next session of Roots & Rhythms: Black Environmental Futures in Dallas: an eight-session community residency exploring the intersections of Black culture, environmental justice, and creative expression.
Join us for our last session of Roots and Rhythm Saturday, September 5, 2026, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., where we'll be planting seeds for you to take home, eating, creating zines, and looking at visuals from us and the beautiful ones created by some of you.
We want to thank Mill City Teaching Farm for being such a beautiful part of this experience. We are so excited to celebrate the completion of our sustainable art residency with the City of Dallas. Thank you to everyone who has joined us over the last few months, planting and learning and connecting and creating
This event is free, open to the community and for all ages.
Sign up for a session.
Roots & Rhythms is a free, 8-session community series at Mill City Teaching Farm exploring Black culture, land, and environmental justice through art and storytelling.
Each session has its own theme and activity, so join us whenever you can. Just register for the date(s) you plan to attend so we can save your spot.
All sessions are free and open to the community.