Hey I’m Jumi ✨ & I enjoy archiving culture through visuals & sound recordings, curating moments of curiosity into programming, and cultivating connection in rooms to build conversations. Exhibiting visual artist, published performance poet, presenter & radio host (National Gallery, BBC Radio 1, Royal Albert Hall, Spotify, Theaster Gates, Bolanle Contemporary). 📸 Editorial, documentary, fashion, weddings & music photography 📹 Short-form documentary video capturing culture & creative process 🧠 Creative consultation, programming design & strategy — 10+ years with creative businesses, artists & community orgs All rooted in empowering THE EVERYDAY ARCHIVIST & BUILDING COMMUNITY. Exploring creative courage, memory, Black British creative culture, intergenerational diasporic experiences, identity, mental wellbeing, Yoruba art, vulnerability & community, held with trauma-informed care. Founder, Creative Corner Live (est. 2013). DM me or check @imisibyjumip and let’s talk & build.
They wrote out their skills, their businesses, what they’re building, in their own words, to nobody in particular.
I was genuinely inspired going through them. A whole network of people on missions, all reaching for each other, buried in a comment section where nobody can actually connect.
So I made a directory. Their own words, searchable, each card linking back to their Instagram. A better way for them to find each other.
8,124 comments read. 7,489 of them were somebody introducing what they do. The rest were shout-outs and praise.
