Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones (she/they)

Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones is an artist of playwriting, contemporary art curation, radical learning environments, and joyful third spaces. They come from a political art background, as the former Director of Programming at In Solidarity and the current Associate Education Director at Company One Theatre. Cheyenne loves capturing conversations, the imagination, and the ways history cycles itself in our culture, language, clothing, and political beliefs. She started her art career in Boston, MA as a child actor where she appeared in historical pieces such as Aftershock: Beyond The Civil War directed by The History Channel, Fences directed by Up You Mighty Race Company, and Voices of Hope: Autobiography of Barbara Jordan directed by Jaqui Parker. Her love for theater has led her to write her first production, The Messenger, commissioned in 2022 by 5th Avenue Theatre.

As an artist who blends the power of storytelling, Cheyenne assumed the role of Independent Contemporary Art Curator through the platform Spiritual is Political, blending her expertise in radical space-making, art history, curriculum development, facilitation, and design. Her curation centers around histories, realities, and narratives that often go unnoticed and erased. Her curatorial practice has included collaborations with The Studio Museum in Harlem, Indigenous Curatorial Collective, The New Museum, and The Longwood Art Gallery, among others. Cheyenne holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Development & Social Change from Clark University and Master of Arts in Comparative and International Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Whether through intimate, character-driven plays or multi-sensory exhibitions, they seek to create spaces where audiences can experience what is, what was, and what could be. They hope to center the breadth of Black Indigenous Queer Technologies in this work.