Mini Bio
Jazmine LeBlanc is a storyteller and story sharer whose practice weaves together folklife, community engagement, and the arts. She works to amplify the voices of those around her, believing that everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in stories. Her mission is to help people tell and share their stories in ways that affirm identity and strengthen connection. “Stories, like people, take different forms. There is not just one way to tell and interact with a story.” Jazmine lives this daily as the Executive Director of ELLA Library, a community-based art and culture nonprofit in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Jazmine LeBlanc CV
Public Art
2019 - The Sound of Clean, Film and Fabrication
Commissions
2025 JA Henry YMCA, Mural
2023 DYN School, Asphalt Mural
2023 Family Togetherness, Mural
2022 Mill Town, Mural
2021 El Aguila, Mural
2021 Welcome, Mural
Community Engagements
2023 - Design Your Neighborhood, Chattanooga Design Studio
2021 - East Lake Asphalt Art Engagement, Trust for Public Land
2021 - Planning by Doing, Glass House Collective
2019 - East Lake Public Art Engagement, Public Art Chattanooga
Publications
2020 - “Jealousy” American Diversity Report
2020 - Reflections on Generosity and Thanks, ELLA
2019 - And Then, ELLA
Film
2026 - The Sentinel Story, Producer
2023 - Un Nuevo Pasado, Producer
2023 - How to Sue the Klan, co-Producer
2021 - Bigger Than Me, Producer
2019 - The Sound of Clean, Executive Producer
Other Exhibits
2024 - "Told on the Mountain"
2022 - Stoveworks RedDot
2022 - “Automatic Classic”
Lectures/Panels/Workshops
2025 - Berea Folklife Apprenticeship Mentor
2023 - From Paper to Pavement: Reclaiming Streets Using Asphalt Art, IDA Chicago
2023 - The Decatur Arts Festival
2021 - Planning by Doing, Glass House Collective
2021 - Building a Healthy Community through Art, Equity in the Arts Conference
2020 - Placemaking Panel, Project for Public Spaces
2019 - Harnessing transiency, Project for Public Spaces
2019 - Art in Community, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Grants and Fellowships
2024 - ArtsBuild BIPOC Female Artists Grant
In the Media
https://video.wtcitv.org/video/girls-inc-ella-library-jss7xk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWXWYDvdjlI
https://www.wutc.org/2024-04-25/dia-del-nino-a-fiesta-for-families-in-east-lake-chattanooga
https://newschannel9.com/the-daily-refresh/the-blvd-projects...
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/sep/05/through-the-...
https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/arts_entertainment/movie-ne...
https://publicartchattanooga.com/eastlake/
https://www.wutc.org/2023-04-07/the-breath-of-the-city-how-p...
https://www.benwood.org/creating-neighbors/
https://www.wdef.com/blvd-project-holds-forum-on-future-deve...
https://www.wutc.org/2021-10-24/going-to-ghana-on-a-storytel...
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2021/7/13/431273/ArtsBuild-Anno...
https://www.wutc.org/news/2020-08-09/reimagining-chattanooga...
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2020/feb/28/revitalized-...
Inspired?
Fun ideas only!