Publications

Canvas Rebel

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Gabrielle Tolliver a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Featured in an in-depth profile by Antigravity Magazine, “Gumbo Botanica” is a 5,000-square-foot youth-led mural project at 1101 Elysian Fields Ave., where I served as a mentor artist and Polytab technique trainer, helping to restore public art to a historic site through community collaboration and education.

Apple Newsroom

2025 Apple Community Education Initiative

Lead artists Gabrielle Tolliver, Jade Meyers, and Journey Allen collaborated with youth ages 14–22 from the Young Artist Movement (YAM), Arts New Orleans’ arts education and workforce development program, to design and install a 6,600-square-foot mural for Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans, as part of the Apple Community Education Initiative.

Riche Home and Lifestyle

Published on Nov 1, 2021

Describe your art in three words

Meditative, Personal, Experimental

My favorite part of creating in New Orleans is being surrounded by a deeply rooted culture. Through conversations and interactions with different people, I can find new perspectives to create from.