Cultivating Black intersectional mental wellness spaces for us, by us, with us.
Canada’s home for art-rooted mental wellness — where Black stories inspire collective care and wellbeing.
We see you, we hear you.
In all ways, always
Adornment Stories is birthed out of the affirmation that adornment is intrinsically tied to Black women and femmes healing journeys. For so many of us, we’ve watched our mothers, grandmothers and loved ones find healing and self love in their adornment rituals.
We believe in empowering Black women, femmes, queer, trans and non-binary youth to tell their stories through a plurality of creative means.
We believe in providing proactive, affirming mental wellness spaces that reflect the intersectional experiences we encompass.
We believe in cultivating mental wellness spaces for us, by us, with us.
Adornment Stories Collective was born and continues to thrive in T’karón:to, meaning “Where the Trees Meet the Water” in Kanien'kéha [kah-nyōn-keh-ha] (Mohawk), on Three Fires Territory of the One Dish One Spoon Wampum Agreement. This area is covered by Treaty 13 signed on August 1st, 1805. We are a collective of Black women, Femmes and Non-binary peoples who continue to learn from the Land and its Original Peoples. We are thankful to be here building our relationship with this place. Our continued efforts to dismantle and disrupt colonialism is through our dedication to the work of collective care where our three essential pillars; storytelling, wellness, and capacity building, are recognized and honoured as integral to our relationships with one another and the land. We stand in unconditional solidarity with Land Back and we support Indigenous resistance and reclamations of self-determination.
Adornment Stories Collective was born out of technologies of Blackness rooted in joy and storytelling. Building on the ancestral practice of storytelling and collective care we continue to honour our ancestors and elders who have come before us, paving the way for our work. We acknowledge our Black ancestors, inclusive of our Black queer and trans ancestors on this land and throughout the African Diaspora who provided us tools for claiming our continued liberation.
As a collective we remain committed to rooting our work in the pursuit of affirming the lives and wellbeing of the Black community.