Rebecca DeWitt is a mixed-media artist, performer, ritual artist, musician, therapist and energy worker currently living Easthampton, MA. Her work investigates the interwoven themes of animism, Celtic mysticism and mythology, ecology, subjective history, interrogation of whiteness and structures of oppression, transformative justice, and abolitionism.
In 2021, Rebecca co-founded Sulis Studio, a community art space in the Brushworks Arts and Industry building in Florence, MA. There she curated multiple collaborative and interactive community art events with artists ranging in medium. She also ran visual and performing arts workshops and facilitated 15-20 artists renting in the space and supported artists in the space and beyond in sharing their visions.
In her therapy practice, Rebecca is mainly focused on trauma recovery, using somatics, EMDR and Internal Family Systems to support clients in their recovery and living life more fully. Before becoming a therapist, Rebecca was a Teaching Artist and youth worker in the Boston area, working with a variety of youth programs doing collaborative performances, public art installations, radio shows, and films. In her capacity as a Teaching Artist she has worked with Medicine Wheel Productions, My City My Voice, Cambridge Youth Programs, and Pine Street Inn.
She received her Masters in Social Work from Smith and her Bachelors from Oberlin College, where she studied English and Studio Art and worked with formative professors such as Nanette Yannuzzi Macias and Johnny Coleman. Other teachers and mentors she has been informed by include Ingrid Askew, Gabrielli LaChiara, Raven Ruh Roberts, Marcy Currier, Ron Young, and S.N. Goenka.