D. Colin (she/her)(Man, Where We Stand) is a Haitian American multidisciplinary artist based in Troy, NY who works creatively in poetry, visual art and theater. WAM Theatre: Debut Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: The Stone that Started the Ripple, Eclipsed, Whitewashed: the racism project, Sides, Once on This Island Additional artistic credits: playwright for Simone and Psalm 91, Cave Canem poet, New York State Writers Institute Fellow, opened for Tank and the Bangas Creative inspiration: I create the way art arrives and open myself up to receive creativity in ways that bend genre and merge artforms. Community Engagement/Activist work: founding member of the Social Justice Artist Collective, board member of Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. and the Hart Cluett Museum Membership/Affiliations: Albany Social Justice Center, KBK Studios, Albany Center Gallery Selected training: on stage experience since 2009 including with Black Theater Troupe of Upstate New York, Callaloo Theater, Creative Action Unlimited and Troy Foundry Theater Awards/proudest achievements: 2022 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award, 2019 Resourceful Woman of the Year in the Arts, and publishing my first book of poetry, Dreaming in Kreyol
Final word: Be inspired; then inspire. Connect: dcolin.com, @dcolinpoet