ABOUT

DANNIE SNYDER
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIVIST

I’m a filmmaker, theatre practitioner, spoken word artist, percussionist, activist… I have produced, written, directed, shot, acted, drummed, traveled around the world, lived abroad… I have taught visual & performing arts classes for all ages as well as professional development classes for all types of artists… I have fought for social and political change for a variety of causes… This includes prison abolition, which taps into many different arenas of activism such as racial justice and immigration. You can check out my book, ARTIVISM OF RETURNING CITIZENS: Artist Activists of the Nation’s Capital Impacting the Prison Abolition Movement and other publications, along with all of my films, stage productions, bands and more on the PROJECTS page of my website. I’m also advocating for access to medicine; improving our public education system; sustainable funding for the arts; and much more. I am always learning, experimenting, trying, failing, growing, and sharing the theories and methodologies behind my work, ranging from Theatre of the Oppressed to intersectional feminism. For example, I am the co-host of a podcast on artivism called Re – Flect / Calibrate where you artivists will find lots of free resources! As an interdisciplinary artivist, my aim is to foster dialogues and foster communities, to humbly serve as an artist matchmaker, fostering devised experimental collaborations between artists of every background. I am always creating and everything I do is creative, such as producing music videos and doing one-woman shows at conferences. But my work focuses mostly on uplifting the voices of BIPOC and LGBTQ2+ artists, decentering whiteness and straight/cisgender stories.

EXPERIENCE PROJECTS

Check out my portfolio of visual and performing arts including my podcast series on artivism.

JOIN CLASSES

Check out the webinars, workshops, and classes I offer as well as editing and consultation services.

MERCH

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PRESS

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FOSTERING DIALOGUE & COMMUNITY

What Members of my communities are saying…

“I just wanted to say thank you again for your incredible help on this project. After applying what I learned from you, I was accepted at a residency… It has been fun to work with you and it has already brought success! Working with you really changed my mindset. Instead of just tooting my own horn, I realized that community and collaboration are key. And I love he way you taught me to express my SELF using specially chosen adjectives. You are really good at this and I’m sure you have helped a lot of artists get off their behinds and get moving to realize their goals… Also your upbeat attitude and openness to the weird is wonderful and refreshing.”

artist

“Thank you so much for all your help. It was such a gift to be able to discuss my projects with you one on one through the Artist Relief Project. You are so wonderful and have such a wealth of knowledge and resources. I can’t thank you enough for your time!”

artist

“Ms. Snyder showed great interest in the intersection of politics and art which was on fine display in her essays and engaging contributions to discussions. She has sharp analytical skills and was capable of relating her research interests to broader questions and theoretical frameworks… Her contributions were always thoughtful and engaging, testifying to excellent critical thinking skills…”

Founding director of the writing center
at ludwig maximilians universität münchen
(the university of munich)

“Dannie is also extremely driven – whether she is making a feature film, directing a play, or doing the day-to-day grunt work of being an after school teacher, Dannie has always been self-motivated and disciplined. She sees things through from start to finish, and works hard to make her creative vision real… Dannie always does more, always does better, and always does it competently. She’s so competent. She’s SO competent. She thinks ahead about the experience she wants her students or her audience to have, and really works to make that experience as memorable as possible. But she combines that with the discipline not to bite off more than she can chew, not to promise what she can’t deliver. She delivers every time. She has no ego about improving herself and is always open to feedback… 

“Dannie combines her professionalism and drive for self-improvement with a tremendous amount of empathy for others. As a Teaching Artist, she had to manage a classroom of over a dozen kids from across several backgrounds and ages. Some of them had unique challenges and considerations… In my observations of her classroom, I found Dannie always working to make sure everyone in her class felt safe and supported. Whether it was a really loud kid who needed attention to feel validated or a silent kid who needed to be encouraged to come out of their shell, Dannie was able to really understand and feel for these kids, which allowed her to make deep connections with them and create a real community in her classroom. And she often did this in classrooms where other Teaching Artists had previously failed. She was always one of our specialists, someone we could bring in and know we were delivering the very best…”

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
CREATIVE ACTION
“Director Dannie Snyder has done especially fine work here. The production’s vision is cohesive, its moments always motivated. Snyder has seen to it that the details aren’t left behind and that the big picture remains fully intact.”

– Adam Roberts
review of This is Our Youth
with the Austin Chronicle


“I seriously LOVE this hoodie! It is comfortable and the handmade print really pops!”

– Natasha J. (IG @natashadoeshair)

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As we come out of the pandemic and enter our own Roaring 20s, our own Jazz Age and Modernism, let’s seek inspiration not only from the Harlem Renaissance but from THE Renaissance! During the Renaissance, patrons were considered the driving force behind new works, but patrons don’t have to be just rich, old white dudes.

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