Our wonderful artists!
Cary Bayer
Roseprimevere Jacques
Cary Bayer
- Life Coach and meditation teacher Cary Bayer is a former columnist for the National Lampoon, and the author of Trump Off the Wall (That Mexico's Gonna Pay For). His recently published mini-book Covid Comedy: When Laughter is the Best Medicine, and his forthcoming book, Spiritual Lampoons, highlight the importance of taking life lightly - even politics and religion.
- JAM Slam presentation: Spiritual Levity.
- https://www.carybayer.com
Kris Drumm
Roseprimevere Jacques
Cary Bayer
- Kris Drumm, also known as Sister Kris, is an ordained interfaith minister and serves as clergy at the Darshan Center for Spiritual Evolution and Assistant Dean at Sacred Journey Interfaith Seminary. She is a LCSW with advanced certification in Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, and has a private practice in Oakland Park. Kris serves as faculty of the Florida Institute for Group Facilitation and is a published author of articles on group work.
- Sister Kris considers herself an Affirmation Artist, and has published a deck of affirmation cards called “Affirmations From My Big S Self.” Her poem “Motherbeat” was put to music and recorded on Ubaka Hill’s CD “Shapeshifters.” A longtime passionate believer in peace and justice, Kris’s feminist activism in the early anti-nuke movement is documented in the film “Girl on Girl: A Documentary.”
- Kris is a spouse, mother and grandmother who resides in Wilton Manors and serves on the Board of JAM & ALL Interfaith.
- JAM Slam presentation: Sustaining Beliefs: A Trio of Poems.
- krisdrummlcsw@gmail.com
Roseprimevere Jacques
Roseprimevere Jacques
Suhir Blackeagle Jones
- Roseprimevere Jacques is an abstract artist living in South Florida and specializing in non-traditional methods of painting, including both acrylic on canvas and mixed media pieces that include collages. The joyful energy of her art invites us to celebrate life.
- Born in Gonaives, Haiti, Roseprimevere was always fascinated by the various colorful art expressions in her daily life. She started to paint a few years ago to cope with complicated grief. As she explains, "In those days, it was my only way to express the inexpressible. Painting has since given me a renewed excitement for life." Roseprimevere's art has been shown in South Florida exhibitions and in private collections throughout the western hemisphere.
- JAM Slam presentation: Art of Kwe: the Art of Believing: an artist's tour illustrating elements of the journey of resilience and belief in times of uncertainty.
- Follow Roseprimevere at #artofkwe
Suhir Blackeagle Jones
Suhir Blackeagle Jones
Suhir Blackeagle Jones
- Suhir Blackeagle-Jones sees herself as a Manifested, Purposed Thought. As a Black-Indian and Khemetic (Egyptian) Priestess, she has committed over 37 years to personal and global peace. Her work facilitating/performing/teaching Mother-Rite traditions demonstrates that All is Energy that's Interconnected, and She invites all to tap into your Earth-kind connections.
- JAM Slam presentation: What Do You Believe? A spoken word piece
- repurposedwoman@live.com
Aaron Krause
Suhir Blackeagle Jones
Darby Mackenzie Line
- Aaron Krause is a native of Miami Beach and has played the piano by ear since he was three. He is a Classical Reform Jew. Aaron works as a freelance writer, belongs to Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El in Plantation and plays a variety of music, but enjoys playing Jewish music most since it is eclectic and moving.
- JAM Slam presentation: A medley of instrumental piano settings of the Jewish psalm "Esa Einai."
- aarkrau@aol.com
Darby Mackenzie Line
Suhir Blackeagle Jones
Darby Mackenzie Line
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- Rev. Darby Mackenzie Line is an ordained interfaith minister, a life celebrant, and a JAM & ALL Interfaith board member who describes herself as an Interfaith Alchemist. Like the medieval alchemist who mixed unlikely diverse elements to produce gold, she believes bringing together diverse people and traditions creates its own kind of gold: a more patient, peaceful and tolerant world. She honors diversity and celebrates life by creating personalized inter-faith ceremonies to mark life's milestones and transitions.
- JAM Slam presentation: Mysteries & Miracles: Poems of Hope.
- www.RevDarby.com
Piper and Nightingale
Piper and Nightingale
Piper and Nightingale
- In Piper and Nightingale, two stellar musicians team up to create music with messages that mean a lot to them. Piper Spencer plays double bass, ukulele, percussion, hand chimes and vocals; Laura Sue, the Silver Nightingale is a flautist, kazooist and composer. Playing together, they've supported a wide range of community events from Refugee Sunday to College Brides Walk, featuring Laura Sue's political rewrites of beloved traditional rock and folk songs.
- Piper is an educator in Broward County and a U.S. Navy veteran, active in social justice organizations supporting equality and respect for all and working to solve community problems. She performs with the Broward Symphony Orchestra and New River Orchestra, among other South Florida ensembles.
- A lifelong community activist, Laura Sue shares her music regularly at interfaith, environmental, peace and veterans events, performing solo and in spirited ensembles. Her decades of playing music for hospice patients earned her the President's Volunteer Service Award presented by President Obama. She's also a respected arts journalist, a published author, and a member of the JAM & ALL Interfaith Board.
- JAM Slam presentation: “All Is Welcome Here”
- Visit the nest at www.SilverNightingale.com or
https://www.facebook.com/The.Silver.Nightingale