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JESS WEITZ

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Jess Weitz is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Marlboro, Vermont. With over 30 years of experience, her practice spans photography, painting, found-object sculpture, writing, and ceramics. She often blends these mediums in innovative, quietly defiant ways—embracing what she calls “soft rebellion.”

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Rooted in Buddhist philosophy and a reverence for place (topophilia), Jess explores themes of intimate ecology and embodied spirituality. Her work frequently incorporates natural materials—such as found plants and soil—to create earth pigments, grounding her process in the poetic and philosophical dimensions of ecological storytelling. Through her art, she invites a reconnection to body, land, and the unseen.

​She has self-published two books of poetry with accompanying artwork, and has two forthcoming titles of multi-genre nonfiction.

 

With 25 years of experience teaching group workshops and classes in process-oriented creativity and meditation, she is now offering  one-on-one sessions that integrate energy medicine modalities.

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Jess’s working style is characterized by deep listening, authenticity, inquiry, fierce compassion, warmth, and humor.

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Credentials

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  • 30 years’ experience as a working artist

  • 20+ years experience teaching art workshops and classes, including photography, writing, painting and sculpture

  • 10 years experience running community art programs

  • 8 years as a Reiki Practioner and more recently Zero Balancing  and Thereuputic Touch practioner

  • 7 years work as a reference librarian providing confidential research and support on a range of personal topics

  • BA in Art and MLIS degrees

  • Member of Brattleboro-West Arts, Vermont Craft Council, and New England Foundation of the Arts Creative Ground

  • Creative Aging trained teacher

  • Certification in: Vipassana Meditation; Mindfulness Stress Reduction; Art therapy practices, including Guided Drawing; Qigong; Reiki Master; Shamanic Practioner

  • Extended experience in trauma informed practices supporting individuals with anxiety, depression, and abuse histories.

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Article about art practice, 2023 

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