An unrelenting imagination
is necessary for honing
intentional ways
of being, living,
and thriving in this world.
SIONNE NEELY, Ph.D.
Creator
NNE NEE
ABOUT NNE NEE
NNE NEE is an invitation —
to be joyfully curious,
to trust the process,
to play and to imagine
beyond the limits
we inherit.
NNE NEE is a multidimensional art and design space that breathes into being through wild imagination, focused strategy, and sincere care. We are a creative practice and portal -a place for experimentation, reflection, and co-creation - that offers immersive approaches to art direction, creative strategy and planning, brand and web design, and spatial design.
We make customized magic happen with artists, creatives, professionals, entrepreneurs, organizations, institutions, small businesses, and everyday folk.
Rooted in African aesthetics and the Sacred Feminine, NNE NEE centers multisensory storytelling as a way of co-creating with our clients and building each project with deep listening and intention. Projects are crafted to meet real needs while also opening portals to joy, play, and new ways of seeing.
NNE NEE spans physical and digital realms, moving fluidly between cultural programming and exhibitions, editorial campaigns, research, writing, and archiving, strategic facilitation, brand and web design, audiovisual projects, and designed environments.
NNE NEE approaches art and design as critical technologies of freedom: tools for storytelling, connection, and expansive world-building.
Whether shaping a curatorial vision, guiding an organization through long-range planning, building a digital home for a brand, or transforming a space into a sensory landscape, NNE NEE prioritizes experiences that feel alive, multidimensional, enthralling, and culturally grounded.
Sionne Neely
Creator of
NNE NEE.
with over two decades of experience in strategic cultural programming, innovative festival creation, and multimedia storytelling, with a persistent focus on pan-African presence, cosmic creative expression,
feminist movement building, and social justice organizing.
Her work spans countries and sectors - particularly Ghana and the U.S. - and includes documenting the knowledge produced by African women’s rights activists and feminists with the African Women’s Development Fund to directing the international communications work of restorative justice and international peace building for Initiatives of Change USA.
Sionne also co-founded ACCRA [dot] ALT (2010-2018), where she played a pivotal role in transforming Ghana’s cultural landscape by co-creating and directing the CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival and SABOLAI RADIO Music Festival, impacting thousands through community-centered, accessible art events. Her festival work has been profiled in leading publications including Vogue Magazine, The Guardian, BBC News, OkayAfrica, Design Indaba, Al Jazeera, AFP, Contemporary And, Quartz Africa, and Culture Trip.
Sionne’s career has been devoted to amplifying possibilities that may not be easily envisioned and cultivating spaces for collective freedom and imagination. Her creative projects weave together cultural research, empathic design, and visionary leadership, resulting in a vibrant, multimedia practice that doesn’t simply communicate ideas, but boldly embodies them.
Dr. Sionne Neely
is an interdisciplinary
artist and designer
Human connection
is the heartbeat
of NNE NEE.
Here are a few
of our favorite collaborators.
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