I’m Shaymar Higgs — a Creative Ecosystem Architect designing experiences, tools, and communities that help people connect, grow, and create meaningful change.
For nearly two decades, I've helped schools, cities, libraries, and nonprofits build creative infrastructure, turning access into economic opportunity for the people who show up.
I've built public-facing creative spaces and entrepreneurship frameworks that turn imagination into opportunity for individuals and the institutions that serve them.
Artist • Community Builder • Conversation Architect"I create spaces, tools, and conversations that help people grow into more creative, connected, and self-aware versions of themselves."
Makerspace & Workforce Development
I help organizations launch fabrication and entrepreneurship programs (laser engraving, 3D printing, hands-on curriculum), including workforce partnerships like the American Job Center Community Network and our educational institution partners.
American Job Center grand opening, hosted inside Third SPACE LoungeCreative Ecosystem Design
I help libraries, nonprofits, and municipalities design creative spaces that build access, dignity, and belonging, the way I built The SPACE Free Art For All, and its second site, Third SPACE Lounge, into a community anchor in Greenbelt.
How I Help Organizations
Strategic Facilitation & Speaking
Board retreats, visioning sessions, program design, and keynotes on creativity, leadership, and building human-centered futures, including my 2025 Nonprofit Marketing Summit session on neurodivergent nonprofit leadership.
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Work In Action
The SPACE Free Art For All | Greenbelt, MD | Founder & Executive Director • A drop-in creative hub and workforce-partner site, built from nothing into a cultural anchor, home to the Artrepreneurship & Fabrication Department Labs.
Cosca Regional Skateboard Park | Clinton, MD | Community Organizer & Project Lead • Led the project from petitioning and advocacy through fundraising and design, embedding youth voice and community art into permanent public infrastructure.
Emerald City Pride | Greenbelt, MD | Director, via The SPACE Free Art For All • Now in its fourth year. In 2025, it grew from a single event into a summer-long "Summer of Love": a season of programming running June through August. The 2026 edition (June 27–August 2) includes a makeup workshop, a vogue workshop, drag bingo, a full-day Pride Parade & Festival at Roosevelt Center, a community bonfire, and a community screening of The Wiz.
Creative Ecosystem
Everything I create is designed to help people connect more deeply, cultivate growth, and live with greater intention. Whether through conversation tools, digital products, or the garden, each project is an invitation to show up—for yourself, your relationships, and your community.
Art. Conversation. Technology. Nature.
Love Wins™ Built after my own healing journey, when I got tired of conversations that felt polite but shallow.
More than just a card game, it’s a tool for meaningful connection. No points. No winners. Just thoughtful questions that invite honesty, curiosity, vulnerability, and presence.
Real Men Grow™ A lifestyle brand rooted in the belief that growth begins with showing up.
Inspired by gardening, creativity, and mental wellness, it encourages people to reconnect with themselves, each other, and the natural world through apparel, workshops, educational resources, and everyday reminders that healing is something we cultivate.
Pull what does not serve you. Plant what does.
Randominder™ Life gets busy.
Randominder helps you intentionally care for the people you love through thoughtful reminders, meaningful prompts, anniversaries, birthdays, and simple acts of kindness—because healthy relationships aren’t built by remembering everything; they’re built by consistently showing up.
Growfolio™ Your garden’s second brain. [Coming Soon]
Designed for gardeners of every experience level, Growfolio helps you document plants, identify, species, map your garden, track harvests, monitor progress, and learn from every growing season.
