Cornell " LORD JUDAH "Carelock
Teaching Artist Experience
LORD JUDAH is a healing-centered teaching artist with over 10 years of experience working with PreK–6th grade youth, K-12 students, mental health populations, and adult learners through music, visual arts, and mixed media. As the Director of True He(ART) Academy (active since 2017), Lord Judah leads a culturally responsive initiative that integrates healing arts practices, social justice, and wellness for students, teachers, community members, and artists.
Lord Judah has partnered with organizations including ArtsConnection, Wingspan Arts, Music Conservatory of Westchester, Club Excel of the White Plains Youth Bureau, African American Men of Westchester, The Westchester Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Nonviolence, Mount Vernon School District, Woodlands High School WISE Program in Greenburgh, Youth Shelter Program of Westchester in Mt. Vernon, and Yonkers School District.
Check his workshops out in action: https://www.judahblessent.com/lord-judah-workshop-experience
Signature Programs & Recent Highlights:
•PreK–6 Residencies: Integrating traditional visual arts with age-appropriate digital and AI tools to build creative confidence and 21st-century skills.
•Mindful Mashup Residencies (8-Week): Developed and facilitated programs blending drawing, collage, HeartMath breathing techniques, and kid-friendly AI image generation.
•Hip-Hop Elements Workshops: Led hip-hop history and creation workshops rooted in the 9 Elements of Hip-Hop, culminating in collaborative murals and digital storytelling projects.
•HeartMap He(ART) Portraits: Mixed media explorations of identity, emotional resilience, and self-expression for youth in diverse and marginalized communities.
•AI + Mixed Media Residencies: Pioneering the integration of AI DreamWeaver tools into arts education for elementary-age students.
Outcomes consistently demonstrate improved self-regulation, cultural pride, and creative confidence among participants. Commercial releases from Judah Bless Publishing — Accountability and True He(ART) — serve as curriculum anchors in music and social justice programming.
Signature Offerings for Westchester Schools & Community Spaces:
•Mindful Mashups (8-Week Residency) — Visual arts + HeartMath + AI image generation
•Hip-Hop History & Creation Workshop — Collaborative murals + digital storytelling
•HeartMap He(ART) Portraits — Mixed media identity and resilience exploration
Contact: https://trueheartacademy.com/ | https://www.judahblessent.com/home | [email protected] | 914-661-3717
LORD JUDAH is a healing-centered teaching artist with over 10 years of experience working with PreK–6th grade youth, K-12 students, mental health populations, and adult learners through music, visual arts, and mixed media. As the Director of True He(ART) Academy (active since 2017), Lord Judah leads a culturally responsive initiative that integrates healing arts practices, social justice, and wellness for students, teachers, community members, and artists.
Lord Judah has partnered with organizations including ArtsConnection, Wingspan Arts, Music Conservatory of Westchester, Club Excel of the White Plains Youth Bureau, African American Men of Westchester, The Westchester Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Nonviolence, Mount Vernon School District, Woodlands High School WISE Program in Greenburgh, Youth Shelter Program of Westchester in Mt. Vernon, and Yonkers School District.
Check his workshops out in action: https://www.judahblessent.com/lord-judah-workshop-experience
Signature Programs & Recent Highlights:
•PreK–6 Residencies: Integrating traditional visual arts with age-appropriate digital and AI tools to build creative confidence and 21st-century skills.
•Mindful Mashup Residencies (8-Week): Developed and facilitated programs blending drawing, collage, HeartMath breathing techniques, and kid-friendly AI image generation.
•Hip-Hop Elements Workshops: Led hip-hop history and creation workshops rooted in the 9 Elements of Hip-Hop, culminating in collaborative murals and digital storytelling projects.
•HeartMap He(ART) Portraits: Mixed media explorations of identity, emotional resilience, and self-expression for youth in diverse and marginalized communities.
•AI + Mixed Media Residencies: Pioneering the integration of AI DreamWeaver tools into arts education for elementary-age students.
Outcomes consistently demonstrate improved self-regulation, cultural pride, and creative confidence among participants. Commercial releases from Judah Bless Publishing — Accountability and True He(ART) — serve as curriculum anchors in music and social justice programming.
Signature Offerings for Westchester Schools & Community Spaces:
•Mindful Mashups (8-Week Residency) — Visual arts + HeartMath + AI image generation
•Hip-Hop History & Creation Workshop — Collaborative murals + digital storytelling
•HeartMap He(ART) Portraits — Mixed media identity and resilience exploration
Contact: https://trueheartacademy.com/ | https://www.judahblessent.com/home | [email protected] | 914-661-3717