TFOMSis a storytelling platform featuring written interviews, visual essays, and live conversations with artists, thinkers, and community members who embody radical creativity.Founded by Jasmine Washington in 2024, it is dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices and redefining what it means to be FIRST, and ensure you're not the last.
Through a curated series of gatherings, discussions, exhibitions, and performance-based events, TFOMS celebrates artists not only for what they create, but for why they create—and who they are beyond their work.
TFOMS is a movement—an appreciation and realization of self centered around artists, creatives, and visionaries from or based in Baltimore. It builds bridges between creators and community, visibility and voice, cultural impact and sustainable infrastructure.
Why it started: TFOMS began with a desire to capture the moments behind the work—what inspired it, what hurt, what healed, and what pushed someone to keep going. It’s about centering the why, not just the what.