Assata Goff
Solastalgiafest, an Immersive Garden Party in Durham, North Carolina.
About the Artist
Assata Nataki Goff is a visual artist, illustrator, cultural organizer, and multidisciplinary creative based in Durham, NC. Through mediums such as painting, animation, sculpture, embroidery, digital illustration and vr, Assata illustrates their intimate thoughts and explores themes of radical self-love and generational healing through vibrant, mixed-media artworks that center tenderness, memory, and possibility. Currently, Assata is a resident with The Environmental Justice Collective. Their work is evolving to explore eco-grief, Black and indigenous healing and sustainability practices. As a cultural organizer, Assata is directing an immersive art and storytelling workshop day. In collaboration with artists, farmers, herbalists, and somatic practitioners, they will create spaces where dreams become a tool for both personal and collective transformation. Assata’s hope is that their radical imagination will inspire others to dream of a world rooted in love.
IG: @assatasmagic
Solastalgiafest took place in partnership with Handewa Farms on Occaneechi Saponi land, alongside local artists and wellness practitioners. Together they offered free workshops centered on healing eco grief and learning Black and Indigenous methods of caring for and cultivating land. Participants engaged in hands-on learning about food growing, land stewardship, herbal practices, and creative expression. Assata Goff created art installations that offered spaces for comfort, reflection, and grounding. These installations served as places where people could sit, breathe, journal, and process their feelings about climate change and political uncertainty. This project brought together art, land, and community care. It was designed as a joyful and restorative gathering that reminded folks of their ancestral relationships to land and each other.