Welcome to Living2Portraits Art Studio
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My name is Randiesia Fletcher, M.Ed.
Artistic Anthropologist of Auto-Ethnographic Works
I am a Master Teaching Artist and Curator with over 35 years of practice dedicated to the transformative power of arts. My work is rooted in Expressionism, where emotion and truth rise to the surface through color, texture, and form. I create across multiple disciples--oil painting, intaglio printmaking, ceramics, storytelling, and beyond--allowing each medium to speak its own language while weaving together a larger story of human experience.
As curator, I bring the same intentionality to shaping exhibitions that I do to my own art. My goal is to create spaces where dialogue, reflection, and connection can thrive--where artists and audiences meet in shared exploration. As a Master Teaching Artist, I have guided generations of students and community member in discovering their own creative voices, using the arts as a pathway for expression, healing, and growth. My work has gained international attention.
Through my practice, I strive to honor both tradition and innovation, carrying forward techniques refined over centuries while pushing the boundaries of what art can reveal. For me, art is not only about what is seen, but also about the wonderful stories that it tells.
I am the curator for EarthSeed Rising Arts Collective housed at the historic Dunbar Pavillion.
Please contact me for Creating, Curating, and Collecting. I am available for Curated Art Engagements, Speaking Opportunities, Workshops, Storytelling with Art, Art Sales, and more.
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Artist's Statement
Randiesia challenges the perceptions of Pan-African faces; particularly a non-smiling face. The goal is to redefine these faces that have been subjected to stereotypical thugs, criminals, harlots, Jezebels, and exotic sapphires. The collection eases the fears of normal facial expressions—the expressions of culture, family, community, and nationality; a message in line with the ideals of Contemporary Art in the 21st Century.
The artistic works are influenced by the literary works of W. E. B. Dubois, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, and more. Dubois speaks about the Double Consciousness—how people are forced to view themselves and the world through a lens of racism. It is the dichotomy of how a person views themselves, versus how the world views that person.
The Harlem Renaissance Era dignified African Americans, countering the negative images that dominated news outlets. This Renaissance is an exploration--a political force to ratify change. Let’s ignite our protests through the Arts; Let’s celebrate the hope and richness of the African Diaspora.
https://www.naturaltucson.com/2024/11/30/515360/open-portfolio-artist-randiesia-fletcher
Painterpretations
2025 African Folklore, Fables, and Mythology
January-October
Free Monthly Online Art Class
Painterpretations is an Intergenerational Social-Cultural Online Free Art class centered around the collective works of the African Diaspora. Classes incorporate music, short videos, poems, and literary passages from a variety of topics.
Student write a passage and create an image that corresponds with the topic. Next, they present their work to the virtual class. No art skills are necessary. "Art Supplies" are subjective-bring your pencils, pens, old makeup, soot, or any mark-making tool.
This class has garnered worldwide attention, reaching participants within the Continental United States, in Europe, in the African Continent, and in the Caribbean.
Join Here:
Every Second Tuesday of the month at 6pm Arizona, USA time.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84782855728
Meeting ID: 847 8285 5728
Artist Bio
When a Venice, California Elementary school teacher asked Randiesia Fletcher what she wanted to be when she got older, her reply was, “…an Artist.” And, more than three and a half decades later, she is still fulfilling that goal, in more ways than one.
Tucson Public Voices Fellow, Randiesia Fletcher, M.Ed. is a Curator, Master Teaching Artist, and Educator, but on the streets, she’s heralded as an "urban missionary." Her passion is fueled by helping the under-served populations society often ignores.
Randiesia grew up in L.A.’s Skid Row slums—reared by parents with Substance Use Disorder. Her childhood was plagued with abuse, neglect, and homelessness, so as a teen, she enlisted into the USMC. It proved to have its own challenges of racism and sexism and was subsequently retired as a Disabled Veteran.
Not defeated, Fletcher completed a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing/ Anthropology—University of Arizona, and a Master of Arts in Education—University of Phoenix. She completed research abroad in Women’s Occupations in the Republic of Fiji. To highlight her struggles, she published Scratches, Needles, and the Glass Pipe: Coping with Rejection, Hurt, and Abandonment and Social Mindfulness: Child Soldiers.
She founded I Can Do All Things, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to help alleviate generational poverty through teaching Sustainability Education, and she co-created the Refugee Resource Center, to advocate for refugees, asylees, and others victimized by poverty and sexual assault.
Randiesia is a Creative Facilitator for Business and Personal Success; deemed a Racial Equity Racial Justice Coach from the Arizona Emerging Leaders Network. She is Green Leaders Certified through the City of Tucson and Local First Arizona. She serves as a Master Teaching Artist and is an Artistic Anthropologist who specializes in Auto-Ethnographic works. She explores cultural phenomena through her personal experiences.
This specialty uses her experiences and knowledge to articulate broader social, cultural, and political meanings in her literature and artwork. She challenges the perceptions of African-American faces, particularly a non-smiling face. Her research, writings, and artwork are influenced by the anthropological investigations of Zora Neal Hurston, and the literature of W. E. B. Dubois. Dubois speaks about the Double Consciousness— how people are forced to see themselves through a lens of racism. It is the dichotomy of how a person views themselves versus how the world views that person. This work is a renaissance to counter negative images that dominate news outlets.
Randiesia teaches a monthly Artistic Social- Cultural class identifying current affairs through Pan-African Art, called Painterpretations. This class has an international presence. See the link above.
She has shown work and presented panels at the University of Arizona and The Museum of Contemporary Arts and a variety of galleries. Additionally, she provides experience with a variety worldwide workshops & panels, published works, and periodicals written about her works within the Tucson community.
Randiesia is notably recognized for her curation of the Juneteenth Presentations in Tucson, Arizona where she has featured more than 100-Artists. She is a member of Earth Seed Rising, a collective of 20 contemporary artists.
The wife and mother of three currently lives in Tucson, Arizona, and continues to write her own story.
Visit Randiesia Fletcher’s Instagram is @living2portraits.
