Re’Dreyona Walker is a journalist, writer, and multidisciplinary artist from Greenville, South Carolina. Her work sits at the intersection of art, culture, race, and power, examining how creative expression both reflects and shapes contemporary social life, and how storytelling can do more than inform: it can transform how we see the world and our place within it.
Her approach to cultural writing + journalism took shape while serving as arts and culture editor for The A&T Register, the student newspaper at North Carolina A&T State University, where she reported on campus galleries, community panel discussions, and local artist showcases throughout Greensboro. Working within these creative communities made clear to her that culture can’t be separated from history, politics, or material conditions — and that arts coverage is incomplete without interrogating the structures that shape access, visibility, and value.
After earning a B.S. in Journalism and Mass Communication with a concentration in Public Relations in 2021, Re’Dreyona spent years developing editorial expertise in professional media roles. Her work during this period strengthened her skills in content strategy, editorial workflows, digital publishing, and audience development, while sharpening her desire to return to arts and culture with greater intentionality and depth.
In 2025, she launched Art n’ Soul, an independent publication exploring art and culture through profiles, features, essays, and cultural analysis. The project centers questions of representation, institutional power, cultural memory, and the tensions that arise when art becomes a site of political, economic, and social negotiation — particularly within communities of color.
As a freelance writer/journalist and independent creative, she also collaborates with artists, galleries, museums, and cultural organizations on editorial projects, cultural storytelling, and strategic communication initiatives. Her background in public relations informs her approach to partnerships, outreach, and narrative development — particularly for artists and institutions seeking thoughtful, culturally grounded ways to engage audiences.
Her work is influenced by writers and thinkers such as Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, and Toni Cade Bambara, whose approaches to writing + criticism treat art and culture as inseparable from questions of history, identity, and power. She is drawn to work that resists trend-driven coverage in favor of context, care, and intellectual rigor.
Across her work, Re’Dreyona remains committed to the belief that culture is central to how we make life meaningful and build toward better futures.
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