Meisha Card

A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Meisha Card has worked
to advocate the needs & rights of a number of families & children in both
South Carolina and Georgia through her participation in several research
studies & service in the areas of public education and human service.
Meisha currently resides in Atlanta, Ga where she serves as Founding
Director of Threshing Floor Academy, Inc, a children’s art, music &
literacy organization located in downtown Atlanta’s Historic Castleberry
Hill Arts District. The organization’s motto is “finding purpose in the
arts” and was birthed out of her desire to help enhance the curriculum of
public schools & child development centers serving children from low-
income households in addtion to starting a school of her own. Threshing
Floor Academy currently offers private & small group art & music classes
to children out of a children's art gallery in addition to offering an Arts in
Schools program that uses local artists & musicians to provide quality &
innovative arts programming to children attending schools & child
development centers serving a large number of children from low-income
households. The organization also offers schools quality creative writing
workshops led by local & award winning children's book authors, as part
of their Authors in Schools Program. This program recently hosted award
winning Author, Patricia McKissack & Illustrator, Cozbi Cabrera at several Meisha Card
schools in Atlanta, providing students an opportunity to participate in creative writing workshops, illustration seminars, book signings, & questions & answer sessions with one of America’s most respected children’s
book authors.

The children’s art gallery is also the site of monthly art shows featuring work created by child Arts in Schools participants as well as their instructors. The gallery also exhibits artwork by established artists & offers
field trips onsite where students can view artwork and dialog with artists as part of an interactive educational experience.

A visual artist in her own right, Meisha desires to write and illustrate children’s books some day. This desire
stemmed from an early encounter with the late internationally acclaimed author, artist, & illustrator, Tom
Feelings. After having an opportunity to visit his home studio and display artwork at a Sunday School Book
Signing & Tea in his honor, she was inspired by Feeling’s passion for his work & his ability to capture the
beauty & strength of the children & adults pictured in his drawings.

“Artists, like educators, are cultivators of the heart & mind,
possessing the ability to plant and nurture seeds of inspiration, affirmation,
perseverance & conviction that will reap a harvest of purpose,
triumph & destiny fulfilled in the minds and hearts of individuals
young & old. It is my prayer that my work does just that.” -Meisha Card
Website
http://www.threshingflooracademy.org