Tanya Nixon-Silberg (she/her) is a Black mother, multi-modal artist, native Bostonian, educator, and founder of Little Uprisings—an organization focused on centering artivism, racial justice, and liberation with kids and their adults. Her primary artistic identities lie in puppetry, storytelling, and craft, and her work moves through the lens of liberation for Black folks. Tanya is currently in a multi-year partnership with Boston and Brookline Public Schools, leading anti-bias/anti-racism professional learning and curriculum development. In June 2023, Tanya completed her first public art installation called “They Did Not Know We Were Seeds” through the Now +There Accelerator program. Tanya is co-leader of Play for Change and the Un-ADULTerated Black Joy Collective, and her work has been funded by The Jim Henson Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Boston Foundation. Her large-scale community-driven events have been held at many Greater Boston institutions, including the ICA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston Public Library, Peabody Essex, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Tanya’s work centers the bodily remembrances of joy. As such, you will mostly find her playing with and learning from her 11-year-old kid, being in community with other artists, and radically imagining how we all get free together.