Selected Work

The work, held in one place.

Performances, exhibitions, cultural research, documentary work, moderation, correspondence, facilitation, and human-centered systems.

Featured work

A permanent record of the projects and roles.

Jasmine Ballard performing The Last Interview at a microphone in a gallery.
Writer and Storytelling Performer

The Last Interview

The Intersections: “If You Really Knew Me, You Would Know…” · Hannah Hassan and McColl Center

A first-person performance rooted in family estrangement, reconciliation, place, and the interview Jasmine filmed with her grandfather six days before he transitioned.

A vintage black leather bag carried as an original artifact for What History Hands Us.
Creative Partner, Cultural Researcher and Participating Artist

What History Hands Us

In partnership with History Before Us

An ongoing traveling artist-response and cultural-research project inviting artists to encounter original artifacts connected to the South and respond to what they hold.

Guests seated for The Vanity: Redefining Beauty conversation.
Creator and Producer through Melanotion

The Vanity: Redefining Beauty

A Melanotion exhibition and public conversation examining beauty, identity, memory, and self-perception.

Elders gathered outdoors in a southeastern North Carolina river community.
Producer, Director, Storyteller and Cultural Researcher

Those of the River

Bellamy Mansion · Wilmington

Documentary and exhibition in development for 2027

A documentary and exhibition project tracing memory, land, migration, faith, labor, and family history through Black river communities in southeastern North Carolina.

Jasmine Ballard moderating a Word In Black virtual panel.
Moderator

“Is College Still Worth It?”

Word In Black

Research, question development, and live moderation across researchers, educators, and practitioners examining the value of higher education.

Jasmine Ballard interviewing civil-rights leader Michael Simmons outdoors at Highlander Research and Education Center.
Interviewer and Cultural Researcher

Civil Rights Leader Interviews

Highlander Research and Education Center

Filmed interviews with civil-rights leaders Gwendolyn Simmons and Michael Simmons exploring movement history, community organizing, and the stories surrounding the historical record. Pictured: the interview with Michael Simmons.

Jasmine Ballard interviewing a guest on the Mint To Be carpet in Charlotte.
Cultural Correspondent and Storyteller

Mint To Be

Charlotte

Fashion and cultural coverage capturing the people, style, stories, and meaning surrounding the Charlotte event.

Ballard family portrait — the generational memory behind Cultural Home.
Founder and Product Lead

Cultural Home

A family-memory platform shaped through cultural research, product architecture, prototyping, user testing, narrative systems, and AI-assisted development.

Jasmine Ballard photographed among vivid flowers for Fantastical Resistance.

Contributing Creative Director and Model

Fantastical Resistance

Creative-directed the concept — built around her grandmother’s scarves — and modeled the resulting portrait, photographed by Kennedy Royal, for the exhibition.

Additional selected record

The wider body of work.

Speaking, Performance & Moderation

  • The Power of Cultural Confidence: Beyond the Checkbox — TEDxUNCCharlotte
  • Guest Remarks — Web Archiving Fellowship: Preserving Africa’s History — Youth Initiative for Literacy and Cultural Orientation
  • Black Carolina Collective Cohort — Moderator · Harvey B. Gantt Center
  • Root & Rise Summit — Panelist · TillSoil
  • Creators vs Consumers — Panelist · The Black Tech Initiative
  • Back to The Future — Panelist · Lloyd Studios

Cultural Correspondence, Media & Research

  • History of Black Family Reunions — Guest · WFAE Charlotte NPR
  • The Poncere Show featuring Michelle Williams — Featured guest
  • QCity Metro — Freelance contributor and writer
  • BOOM Talks · Art of Your Dwelling — BOOM Festival

Exhibitions & Artistic Practice

  • The Vanity: Redefining Beauty — Created and produced through Melanotion
  • Those of the River — Produced and directed through Melanotion · in development
  • My Auntie’s Closet — Contributing artist · work featured in the exhibition
  • What History Hands Us — Ongoing artistic research in partnership with History Before Us

Strategy & Facilitation

  • Design thinking, experience strategy, and conversational AI across enterprise and public-serving systems
  • The Legacy Room — Facilitated workshop · Repower Org and Taylor Space
  • Voice of Our Ancestors · Roots & Reflection · Map Your Legacy · Unleashing Your Story — Harvey B. Gantt Center
  • Building My Legacy — The Black Tech Initiative

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