Violet Newborn is a Memphis-based visual artist, social fine art activist, and founder of Color Your Story Onto Mine (CYSOM), a nonprofit using creative expression as a pathway for healing, recovery, and connection. Her work blends mixed media, symbolism, and storytelling to transform personal and collective trauma into beauty and truth.

Through a method rooted in emotional literacy, nonviolent communication, and trauma-informed practice, Violet’s art invites viewers to witness resilience as sacred and healing as justice. Her pieces often incorporate text, botanical imagery, and found materials to explore the tension between harm and healing, silence and voice, memory and reclamation.

Violet is a member of the Memphis/Germantown Art League and a recipient of grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Center for Transforming Communities. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and workshops alongside mental health professionals, educators, and recovery leaders across Tennessee.