Semillistas Featured Artists
Semillistas supports Indigenous cultural entrepreneurship through small stipends for Featured Artists as well as the opportunity to sell their artwork, offer workshops, and have dedicated space to uplift their work through our website.
Danny Fuentes
Danny T3C is the Artist behind The World of Third3y3dChild. Danny is a Young Performance Illustrator whose Live-painted, intuitive symbols and bold introspective Murals immerses audiences with a unique storytelling style, honoring his family’s Meso-American heritage and New York upbringing.
“When I think about how my work impacts me, the first word that comes to mind is “Sincerity.” I am naturally inspired by lessons of life and how nature/people decide to express such truths. I look at the young kid in me that wanted to ‘Wow’ and help people, but never really believed in myself. I knew that my art was the path to grow out of old perceptions and into new perspectives. I knew my art was going to save me and I believed that I could turn my daydreams into living reality.
My goals are to share my growing gift in the arts forever as a student and walk the path of my ancestors who recognized art as essential to their culture and people. I will express my passion for self improvement via my own stories, characters and symbols with my background in illustration and expand it into different mediums to curate synesthetic performances and projects that redefine what it means to be an illustrator. To make my art visually striking but let the design reflect the message that hits just as hard emotionally and spiritually. I want to be the example of an artist that I wished I could have had as an influence when I was younger, and show the next generation the power of a world- building artist, an artist that innovates with the mind, heart and soul.”
Priscilla Bell Lamberty
“I seek to share my art with others in hopes of sparking thoughtful conversation with the viewer. It is my hope to help shed light on some of the often-challenging topics that I address in my work.”
Priscilla Bell Lamberty was born in North Philadelphia and raised in the Hunting Park section of the city. She attended Moore College of Art and Design where she received a BFA in 2D Fine Arts. In 2010, she graduated with her MFA in Painting from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. As an artist, Priscilla looks towards her family, surroundings, and cultural heritages for guidance and inspiration. She continues to explore the issues that mean the most to her, including Parenthood, Environmental Justice, the centering and uplifting of Black & Brown voices, and Indigenous/Native/Indigenous Caribbean visibility. Priscilla was the recipient of the Leeway Transformation award (2024) “Distinguished Alumni” award from Community College of Philadelphia (2023) “Taino Muralist of the Year” award (2020), “Phenomenal Woman” award (2020), Leeway Art & Change grant (2017), “Taino Storyteller of the Year” award (2017). She also works as a freelance muralist with Mural Arts and is a painting instructor at Fleisher Art Memorial.