
Maria James-Thiaw
Maria James-Thiaw
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Friends and Family Tier


Get the first news and behind-the-scenes content from the making of my new choreopoem, HairStory: Reclaiming Our Crown! Get immediate access to EXCLUSIVE CONTENT!
Get discounted access to fundraisers, poetry readings, and events from Reclaim Artist Collective. Such as our upcoming Paint Party with a Purpose fundraiser.
Stay in the know with exclusive access to Mocha Musings, my author newsletter. Receive a poem from me in your snail mail box!
- Monthly Newsletter: Mocha Musings
- Count Each Breath bookmark
- Discounted access to events
- Access to exclusive Work-in-progress updates (digital)
Join Reclaim Artist Collective


Artists! Become a member of my organization, Reclaim Artists’ Collective! You'll be listed on our artist directory, so people will know what you do and how they can book you.
I created Reclaim Artist Collective to find a way to help other artists get noticed, market their work, and rejuvenate through self-care retreats and craft workshops.
As a member of RAC you are supporting our efforts to get our 501c3 in 2023, and reach communities in need with my social justice-themed choreopoems, and work from other writers as well. Join the movement!
- Artist Listing on ReclaimArtistCollective.org
- Free and/or deeply discounted classes, events and retreats for artists (poets, writers, actors, etc)
- Exclusive VIP Access to readings of new work and virtual events
- Access to exclusive Work-in-progress updates (digital)
- Exclusive Access to 3 new performance poems from my forthcoming choreopoem, HairStory: Reclaiming Our Crown. All poems performed on video by Maria James-Thiaw
- Monthly Newsletter: Mocha Musings
- Live Q&As on Clubhouse.com, Ask an Author Sundays at 4:00 PM
The Wordaholics!


Some of you have followed my career since I first hit the slam scene with the poem “Wordaholic!” This tier is for my fellow wordaholics who can support a career of raising consciousness through the art of poetry and performance. Because of you, I can bring my American Griot Project programming to theatres, libraries, and schools in marginalized communities. This level of support goes directly to the effort to bring HairStory: Reclaiming My Crown to the stage next Spring. This level has the benefits of the previous tiers but also includes the following:
- Exclusive content - An autographed, framable, Griot broadside from Reclaiming My Time: An American Griot Project
- Private community
- Behind the Scenes Access to the production of HairStory
- Count Each Breath bookmark
- Exclusive VIP Access to readings of new work and virtual events
- Artist Listing on ReclaimArtistCollective.org
- Access to exclusive Work-in-progress updates (digital)
Friends and Family Tier


Get the first news and behind-the-scenes content from the making of my new choreopoem, HairStory: Reclaiming Our Crown! Get immediate access to EXCLUSIVE CONTENT!
Get discounted access to fundraisers, poetry readings, and events from Reclaim Artist Collective. Such as our upcoming Paint Party with a Purpose fundraiser.
Stay in the know with exclusive access to Mocha Musings, my author newsletter. Receive a poem from me in your snail mail box!
- Monthly Newsletter: Mocha Musings
- Count Each Breath bookmark
- Discounted access to events
- Access to exclusive Work-in-progress updates (digital)
Join Reclaim Artist Collective


Artists! Become a member of my organization, Reclaim Artists’ Collective! You'll be listed on our artist directory, so people will know what you do and how they can book you.
I created Reclaim Artist Collective to find a way to help other artists get noticed, market their work, and rejuvenate through self-care retreats and craft workshops.
As a member of RAC you are supporting our efforts to get our 501c3 in 2023, and reach communities in need with my social justice-themed choreopoems, and work from other writers as well. Join the movement!
- Artist Listing on ReclaimArtistCollective.org
- Free and/or deeply discounted classes, events and retreats for artists (poets, writers, actors, etc)
- Exclusive VIP Access to readings of new work and virtual events
- Access to exclusive Work-in-progress updates (digital)
- Exclusive Access to 3 new performance poems from my forthcoming choreopoem, HairStory: Reclaiming Our Crown. All poems performed on video by Maria James-Thiaw
- Monthly Newsletter: Mocha Musings
- Live Q&As on Clubhouse.com, Ask an Author Sundays at 4:00 PM
The Wordaholics!


Some of you have followed my career since I first hit the slam scene with the poem “Wordaholic!” This tier is for my fellow wordaholics who can support a career of raising consciousness through the art of poetry and performance. Because of you, I can bring my American Griot Project programming to theatres, libraries, and schools in marginalized communities. This level of support goes directly to the effort to bring HairStory: Reclaiming My Crown to the stage next Spring. This level has the benefits of the previous tiers but also includes the following:
- Exclusive content - An autographed, framable, Griot broadside from Reclaiming My Time: An American Griot Project
- Private community
- Behind the Scenes Access to the production of HairStory
- Count Each Breath bookmark
- Exclusive VIP Access to readings of new work and virtual events
- Artist Listing on ReclaimArtistCollective.org
- Access to exclusive Work-in-progress updates (digital)