Mini Bio
Jazmine LeBlanc is a storyteller and a story sharer who works to amplify voices in her community. She believes that everyone needs to be able to see themselves in stories. "Stories, like people, take different forms —how we present ourselves and perceive other people through our worlds shapes our reality." Jazmine does this daily as the Executive Director of ELLA Library, a community-based art and culture non-profit organization in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Jazmine LeBlanc CV
Public Art
2019 - The Sound of Clean, Film and Fabrication
Commissions
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
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
2022 - Stoveworks RedDot
2022 - “Automatic Classic”
Lectures/Panels/Workshops
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
In the Media
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-...