Redesigning the world

Hi, I’m Jacque, and this is Shadow. Last year I said goodbye to her —17 years with her was not enough time with this precious soul. 

Honestly, I’ve had a pretty tough couple of years as I experience profound loss and sadness. I’ve had to learn and unlearn a lot about myself, including where I belong (and don’t belong) in this world. Art has been a constant - keeping me tethered and afloat when the world felt too heavy for words.  

My passion is to help change the world by loving louder through activism, art, community and writing.

Like many people, I had been working two jobs for a few years. My first, in distance education, helping to provide paralegal courses to the incarcerated community. The 10 years I have spent in this industry, along with my own personal life experiences, has deeply fostered my desire for change. My second job was artist and activist in the craft beer industry.  I was very hopeful going into this passion project of mine, but I didn’t realize it would be incredibly difficult to craft change. While I made some great strides, and met some of the most amazing and compassionate people, I now feel myself falling into a deeper phase of myself — a phase where I connect deeper with community.

Evolving can be sad, but I’ve had the opportunity to work on charity beer labels, build websites, create fundraising art, photograph beer, and be featured by Good Beer Hunting as a 2022 Signifier. All of which holds a special place in my heart. I can honestly say I left a pint-sized mark on the industry.

Moving forward — because it is all we can do — I am aligning my work with other like-minded folks who are committed to the same mission of making an impact on humanity through conversation, art, kindness, community, and shared humanity.