Artist CV

Artist Summary

Ashleigh “Ashewil” Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist, spiritual end-of-life doula, and creative facilitator whose practice bridges art, ritual, and community healing. Through participatory projects such as Build-A-Fort and Community Well, along with gift programs like Care Tokens, she explores restoration, self-awareness, and belonging as pathways to collective transformation. Her work invites reflection, grief literacy, and creative agency across community and re-entry contexts.

Education & Trainings

• Advanced Certification, Spiritual Death Doula – Butterfly Effect School of Transformation (February 2025)

• Mental Health First Aider Training (September 2024)

• Peacemaking/Restorative Circle Training - Circle Session Consulting (July 2024)

• Meharry-Elam Intensive Outpatient Recovery Program (February - March 2024)

• Trauma Informed Descalation Training – Open Table Nashville (May 2024)

• Usui Reiki II Certification - Quantum Light Shamanic Healing (May 2022)

• Usui Reiki I Certification - Bonnie Hassan, Reiki Master (April 2020)

Projects & Installations

• Community Well – participatory altar installation, North Nashville Culture Crawl & African Street Festival (September 2025)

• Build-A-Fort (September 2025 - present)

• Wooden Dove Roadway Memorials – public art as roadway memorials the shape of doves honoring lives lost to roadway fatalities (November 2024 - present)

Workshops & Facilitation

• “Saying Goodbye: Celebrating Memories Through Art” children's workshop at Thompson Lane Branch Library (November 2025)

• “Propagation & Grief” workshop series with seniors (October 2025)

• All age arts & Crafts series at Green Hills Branch Library (September/October 2025)

• End of Life Q&A with Nashville Friends Meeting (July 2025)

• “Death as a Teacher” presentation at Society Faire event (June 2025)

Community & Collaborative Work

Ashleigh collaborates with social justice-centered organizations to integrate creative expression into healing and advocacy

• Creative Art Sessions with Creative Girls Rock and Nashville Juvenile Detention Center (November 2025)

• Youth creative workshops with Creative Girls Rock (June 2025 - present)

• Youth creative workshops with Bike Fun (July - August 2025)

• Choosing Justice Initiative and Dismas House, advocacy for rights to council, re-entry and restorative programs (May 2025 - present)

• Stop, Look, & Listen presentation with Vision Zero Nashville at AZ Kelley Elementary School (May 2025)

• Wooden Dove Painting with First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville and Black Mental Health Village (February 2025)

• Guest Speaker and Facilitator, Black Mythology Project (October 2024 & May 2025)

Creative Operations & Leadership Experience

• Founder, Ashewil Holistic Concierge & Spiritual End of Life Doula – holistic care, ritual design, and creative facilitation

• Creator & Curator, Care Tokens - a sense-based gift box fostering gratitude and community care

• General Support – logistics, day-of, and programming assistance for events