Niki Lopez Creative

04/25/2026

There’s something powerful about creating in community… about giving yourself space to slow down, breathe, and express what’s been sitting inside.

This Sunday, I’m holding space for just that.

If you’ve been thinking about coming—this is your sign. Come as you are. No experience needed. Just a willingness to show up for yourself.

We’ll be creating, connecting, and tapping into something deeper through mindful mask-making. It’s always more than art… it’s an experience.

Spots are limited, and we’re getting close 💛

🎭 Mindful Mask-Making Workshop 📅 Sunday, April 26 | 2–5 PM
📍 Island City Stage (office), Wilton Manors

👉🏽 🎟️ https://mindfulmasks0426.eventbrite.com
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Wilton Women's Week
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02/05/2026

Harrison was a trailblazer as the first Black executive at Sears. Over his career, he designed or redesigned more than 750 consumer products, including the see-through measuring cup, portable hair dryers, and Kenmore sewing machines.

01/14/2026

Read slowly.
Notice what calls you.

Share the three words that come up for you in the comments — or keep them close. Both are welcome here.

I’ve always loved sharing word searches I come across — and for a long time, I’ve wanted to create one of my own. This one feels especially meaningful.

This is an offering from SOIL: Where the Light Enters — rooted in art, mindfulness, healing, and community.

The first three words you notice are your grounding words for this season.

What you notice is what’s ready to rise.
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01/12/2026

Thanks again African American Research Library and Cultural Center & Friends of AARLCC . It’s truly an affirming honor to be recognized in this way & to be a part of the Inaugural Nguzo Saba Awardees 🙏🏾
What's Your Elephant
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🎉 Congratulations to the Inaugural Nguzo Saba Award Recipients! 🎉
We proudly honor these outstanding leaders for their commitment to the principles of Kwanzaa and their impactful service to our community.

From left to right:

• Shango Ra, House of Kuumba
Umoja Award (Unity)

• Representative for Sheryl Dickey, Dickey Consulting Services
Kujichagulia Award (Self-Determination)

• Lorenzo Robertson, Ujima Men’s Collective
Ujima Award (Collective Work & Responsibility)

• Shaheewa Jarrett Gelin, Esq., Broward Black Chamber of Commerce
Ujamaa Award (Cooperative Economics)

• The Honorable Commissioner Hazelle P. Rogers,
Broward County Board of Commissioners – District 9
Nia Award (Purpose)

• Niki Lopez, Artist
Kuumba Award (Creativity)

Not Pictured:
• The Honorable Reverend Dr. Rosalind Osgood,
Mount Olive Development Corporation
Imani Award (Faith)

Thank you all for embodying the spirit of Nguzo Saba and uplifting our community through leadership, service, and excellence. ✨

01/07/2026

SOIL didn’t rush me.
It invited me to pause, to listen, and to sit with what I hadn’t named yet.
— SOIL Exhibition Attendee

SOIL: Where the Light Enters holds space for reflection, presence, and the unspoken.
On view Dec 19 – Jan 23, 2026, with art & wellness programs throughout the month.

🔗 https://whatsyourelephant.org/wye_soil
(Links in bio)
🐘🎨🗣️

12/27/2025

Artist Spotlight: Alana DaCosta aka Yaa Ifanike
Explore SOIL: Where the Light Enters, a month-long community art & wellness exhibition, and discover the work of Alana DaCosta aka Yaa Ifanike, one of the exhibiting artists.
Alana is a KR8TiVE Rebel, creative community builder, artist-activist, musician, and poet. Her work moves between art, healing, and cultural preservation—inviting people to live and create more freely.
“My work will touch the minds, hearts, and souls of people across the world—and increase social responsibility, healing, cultural preservation, and the desire to live life fully and without regrets.”
With an M.S. in Mental Health Counseling, Alana understands the power of self-expression and the arts as tools for connection and transformation.

SOIL: Where the Light Enters
🗓 Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 23, 2026
📍 1310 Gallery | Sailboat Bend Artists Lofts
Multiple art & wellness programs take place throughout the month.

🔗 Full details + programming: whatsyourelephant.org/wye_soil

🎨🐘🗣️

12/18/2025

🌱 Tomorrow night, SOIL comes alive through sound, rhythm, and story.
Join us for the Opening Night of SOIL: Where the Light Enters — an immersive evening where music, drumming, and performance open space for reflection, connection, and collective energy.
🔗 Details: https://whatsyourelephant.org/wye_soil

✨ Sound & Performance Landscape
• DJ Bumi — soulful, grounding soundscape throughout the night
• Blue Sea Lotus Studio 33 in collaboration with FeminAfrika — welcoming drumming & healing sounds
• Open Mic courtesy of Beyond Imagination Art
• Hosted by poet Mori Taye
• Lite bites by Health Rush
This is more than an opening — it’s a gathering. A moment to arrive, breathe, listen, and be held by art.

🗓 Friday, December 19 | 6–9 PM
📍 1310 Gallery | Sailboat Bend Artists Lofts
🎟 Free + light bites
Come experience SOIL — where the light enters through what we carry.

🌱🎨🐘🗣️✨

12/18/2025

🌱 Meet the artists of SOIL: Where the Light Enters

This reel offers a glimpse into the artists whose work shapes SOIL, a community art & wellness exhibition now open at 1310 Gallery in Fort Lauderdale.

Opening Friday, December 19, SOIL runs through January 23, with art-making experiences, artist talks, wellness programming, and a Family Day on January 11 woven throughout the month.

Each artist brings their own story, language, and way of seeing — together creating a space for reflection, creativity, and collective presence.

Stay tuned for individual artist spotlights, where we’ll share more about each artist and their work throughout the exhibition.

Full program + details:
https://whatsyourelephant.org/wye_soil

12/13/2025

🌱✨ Join Us for the Opening Night of SOIL: Where the Light Enters ✨🌱
Friday, December 19, 2025 | 6–9 PM
1310 Gallery | Fort Lauderdale, FL
🔗 RSVP for Opening Night: https://wye_soil.eventbrite.com

Experience the opening of SOIL: Where the Light Enters, a multidisciplinary art and wellness exhibition curated and produced by artist and social practitioner Niki Lopez.
Inspired by the Rumi quote “The wound is the place where the light enters,” SOIL explores how pain, memory, and lived experiences become fertile ground for transformation, healing, and creative rebirth.

Through visual art, performance, workshops, and mindful community engagement, the exhibition invites participants to reflect, reconnect, and reimagine what it means to grow through what we go through.
Opening Night features live drumming by FeminAfrika, DJ Bumi, poetry hosted by Mori Taye, open mic presented by Beyond Imagination and light bites by Health Rush.

Featuring works by 25 exhibiting artists, SOIL creates space for truth, courage, resilience, and the ongoing journey of becoming.

Full program: https://whatsyourelephant.org/wye_soil
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12/10/2025

Join us for Wellness Day, Sunday, Jan 11, 2026 — a restorative, heart-centered experience happening inside the immersive SOIL: Where the Light Enters exhibition. 🌿✨

Expect healing arts, inspired speakers, grounding movement, drumming, fresh juicing, wellness conversations, and space to breathe, reset, and receive. 💛

✨ 2-for-1 special happening now!
🎟️ Tickets: $40 online | $45 at the door
👉🏽 https://soil_artandwellness.eventbrite.com
(Link also in bio)

Co-produced by Longville Wellness

This program is part of SOIL: Where the Light Enters — a month-long art + wellness exhibition opening December 19 at 1310 Gallery.
RSVP for the Opening: https://wye_soil.eventbrite.com

🧘🏽‍♀️🎨🌈🪘🐘✨