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My name is Clara Nartey. I’m an artist and a past and to inspire the future.
creativity coach. I create art and help people What I mean by that is, I tell the stories of my
transform their creative skills into people to honor the dreams and hopes of my
meaningful careers. I was born and raised ancestors. I know this is what they dreamed
in Ghana which is in West Africa. I currently of – that their descendants will do the things
live in the United States. they couldn’t do, to be their voice, to tell their
My artworks are portraits of people of stories, and to carry on with their legacy.
African descent, telling the stories of the I also do it for the youth. After having been a
Black experience in the U.S. and around the mentor for youth groups for over a decade,
world. I chose to tell the stories of my I know that what they desire is, beyond just
heritage for two main reasons – to honor the telling them who they could become, we show