Kelly Thomas

Teaches at New York Open Center

Kelly ‘GreenLight’ Thomas is a Healing Artist, Activist and Educator, holding a BA in Educational Theater from NYU, and a Sound and Music Integrated Practitioner Credential from the New York Open Center. Her work includes co-founding the Akoma Newark Sister Circle, a network of women producing socially and politically relevant programming, and becoming regional leader for Outdoor Afro, a national organization celebrating and inspiring African American connections in nature. The previous Assistant Artistic Director for the Body Ecology Performance Ensemble, where she created and led Community Healing rituals and ritual performance in public spaces, Kelly currently is an Artist-in-Residence at Newark’s Gallery Aferro, facilitating healing space for young women of color.