The First of Many Series (TFOMS)
A Platform for Presence. A Movement for More.
TFOMS is a heart-centered storytelling platform founded by Jasmine Washington, built to honor the people behind the practice. We exist to celebrate artists, creatives, and visionaries not just for what they create—but for why they create and who they are beyond the work.
Because you are more than your output. You are a whole person—with memory, complexity, joy, longing, lineage, and dreams that don’t always show up in your portfolio.
TFOMS sits at the intersection of art, community, and care. Through portraiture, podcasting, storytelling circles, writing prompts, live events, and resource-sharing, we offer tools for reflection, visibility, and collective healing. Every offering is rooted in the belief that presence is enough. You don’t need to perform, polish, or prove. You already matter.
At its core, TFOMS is about making space—real, intentional space—for creatives to tell their stories on their own terms. We amplify the often-overlooked: the messy middle, the becoming, the silence, the soul.
We source our venues with deep care and intention—prioritizing local, underrepresented spaces that are often overlooked, yet deeply rooted in community. These are places that deserve to be seen, celebrated, and sustained.
Each activation becomes more than just an event, it’s a creative offering, a collective act of care, and an opportunity to honor the spaces that hold us. It’s also a commitment to reimagining what’s possible when we gather with purpose, creativity, and intention. We believe space is sacred. And when we gather with intention, we’re not just hosting events—we’re helping sustain legacies.
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TFOMS Podcast
Welcome to The First of Many Series (TFOMS) Podcast—an extension of the TFOMS project by Jasmine Washington. This monthly series highlights Baltimore-born and based artists, creatives, makers, and visionaries, going beyond their craft to explore their stories.
Tune in for conversations that bring you deeper into the lives of the city's movers and shakers. This is a space to simply be, to draw inspiration, to connect with fellow artists, creatives, makers… and to leave feeling empowered and ready to create.
These conversations are moderated, facilitated and moderated by TFOMS Founder and Visionary, Jasmine Washington.
Listen to Episode 001 below.
Voices from the Margins: For the stories we carry quietly and the healing in saying them out loud.
A monthly storytelling circle by The First of Many Series
Voices from the Margins is a monthly storytelling circle where healing, truth, and deep connection meet. This is a sanctuary for those stories that live just beneath the surface, the ones you may never have spoken aloud, but they shape who you are.
Each month, we’ll center a theme connected to truth, identity, and the inner narratives we’re still learning how to say out loud. We’ll gather in an intimate, judgment-free space to listen deeply and reflect honestly. Whether you choose to share your story or simply hold space with others, you will leave feeling seen, understood, and a little more whole.
Every gathering features a powerful guest speaker—an artist, creative, healer, or visionary—who shares their own journey and guides us through reflection. Their story becomes a mirror, inspiring you to dive deeper into your own truths and creative spirit.
This isn’t a workshop or panel. It’s a circle of realness where your voice, your silence, and your presence are all honored. You’ll learn from others’ courage, resilience, and healing and discover new ways to access your own inner wisdom.
VFTM is a live, healing-centered space rooted in trust, vulnerability, and deep listening. To honor the intimacy of these gatherings, we do not record sessions unless clearly communicated in advance as part of documentation or research tied to our mission or Jasmine Washington’s ongoing work as an ART-ivist, Curator, Writer, MFA Candidate and Community Leader.
Your presence matters.
Be in the room. Witness and be witnessed.
Bring your voice, your silence, your presence.
Let’s hold space together—one story, one truth, one breath at a time.
Launching October 2026
