Susie Shelter

Susie Shelter is a multi-media artist, collector, and change agent. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University’s Gallatin School, where she studied History & Art, with focus areas in painting, drawing, and writing. She was noted as an Albert Gallatin Scholar and a Founder’s Scholar upon graduation. After leaving New York, she continued her studies at Mt. Madonna Institute in Santa Cruz, California, where she earned her credentials to teach Yoga and Mediation with now-ascended silent monk, Baba Hari Dass. She later completed Reiki Master and End-of-Life & Grief Doula trainings to enhance her understanding of Spirituality, Death, and Grief as a lifelong process.

Susie works mostly with chalk, charcoal, Bic pen, pencils, and a fire pen (woodburning artist). She is a collector and purveyor of Art, Vintage Design, and Healing Tools.

Her writing, activism, or photos of her work and actions have been featured in Hampton Institute Working Class Think Tank, Institute for Anarchist Studies, Perspectives in Anarchist Theory, Common Dreams, Playboy, the Oregonian, National Education Association Magazine, and the New York Times. She is the author of two books, A Different Vision: A Revolution Against Racism in Public Education, published in 2019, which became a staff pick at Powell’s Books, and We Can Recover: Healing Words for Families of Addicts.