Dear entertainment-loving visitor of THISENT.com,
This is universally beloved cultural visionary, film maker, and arts advocate and curator Siso Dhladhla. We are honored to name him as our 100TH FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK!
Founder of LANARTBUS, an organization in Lansing, MI that encourages entrepreneurs, Siso is the “s” at the end of the term “genius”; he’s a valuable love letter to the creative and the brilliant, and he actively, graciously, and supportively pronounces their careers.
“Siso cultivates culture in Lansing like it is a masterpiece in the making. His approach to economic development is one that is informed by his whole life’s experiences, the connections made along the way, and the many beautiful idiosyncrasies that they bring.
He puts a megaphone in front of the voices that may have gone unheard without it. He knows what a tragedy it would be for our community to not hear them and makes it his job to amplify them in the many different ways he uses art and business to do what he does best. Siso is a gift and Lansing is blessed to have him.” – Lhauren Singleton, Executive Director of ASPIRE Relationship Education
“One of the things that I appreciate about Siso is that he doesn’t wait for people to ‘be on’ to give them their flowers. Siso was riding for me 3 days into me returning to Lansing with nothing to gain from it. Just pure appreciation. I have people that I’ve known for years only just now starting to show love.
Siso is actually the first person who allowed me to display my art like 6 days after coming back from the UK. I was literally trying to do any and everything to get my life together again. He placed me with Olivia Ricketts which allowed her and I to develop a beautiful bond, which ultimately led to my first mural in Lansing and my first ‘illegal’ art show with Torrey Gray. So many things have spiraled off of that first act of kindness and support.” – Mila Lynn, award-winning visual artist and THISENT.com Artist of the Week (8-15-22)
“Siso is a rare servant leader who transcends and represents multi cultures, multi generations, industries, and classes, from the streets to the board room, the creatives to corporate. Siso masters budgeting his time to serve the highly gifted underdogs, care for his loved ones, and is an undercover politician to empower the people.
Whether speaking on behalf of the mayor, business leaders, or middle schoolers, he is a highly engaging and articulated speaker. The community is indebted to his honoring of hidden change-makers and his gift of connecting people to catalytic solutions.” – Adam Williams, Co-Owner of MissionsFilled
“Siso is a blessing to this world. To my life. He is also a visionary. He sees outside the box. Curates, creates, innovates. He’s multi gifted. I learn so much from him! He’s a special being!” – Christina Castilla, award-winning painter and THISENT.com Artist of the Week (9-25-22)
Our team found Siso’s work to be worthy of special recognition. We hope you do as well.
For more from Siso, visit HERE. We believe it will make fine use of your time.
We invite you to contact us should you have any questions, concerns, or compliments regarding us naming Siso Dhladhla as our 100TH FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK.
Sincerely,
THIS Entertainment |THIS ENT
[Photo of Siso Dhladhla by Jennifer A. Berggren Productions]
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