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Immigrating to Canada, from Jamaica, at the tender age of four, suffering through the impact of childhood sexual abuse, and living in the child welfare system provided, Ingrid D.Johnson, with a lot of inspiration for writing poems about her journey. These poems would later become her first, published, local, bestselling book in 2005 that would eventually inspire her original songs that she would record and perform live with the help of her band, of over 10 years, The Funky Fresh Crew.

Committed to being an artist that  helps to inspire positive social change, in October 2011, Ingrid D.Johnson, was chosen by The Manitoba Women' s Advisory Council and Mentoring Artist' s for Women's Art (MAWA)  to be honoured in a government publication: Women in The Arts: Artists Working for Social Change. Thus, confirming, Johnson's, vision and mission for her small production company, In The Closet Productions ( launched September 2009), to be "a voice for the voiceless". 

Ingrid D. Johnson & The Funky Fresh Crew offers an original mix of uplifting Jazz, Pop, Soul and R&B music that is catchy and socially conscious.

Previously, Johnson, has performed at The 2017 Canada Games (Athlete's Village), and sung the Canadian national anthem at a Piston's hockey game in Steinbach. In addition to performing with her band at The Winnipeg Fringe Festival (2012 & 2015), The Bell Tower Cafe (2015 - 2018), The Steinbach Summer Festival (2015 - 2018 ), The Grant and Wilton Coffee House (2012), Happy Mike's Coffee House (2015), Rock'n for Choices Concert at The Manitoba Youth Centre (2018) and several other events.

 Over the years, Johnson, has also done public speaking engagements with live music concerts and a songwriting workshop for youth at The Manitoba Youth Centre (2015) and VOICES (Manitoba Youth in Care).  In addition to receiving opportunities to showcase her music with her band in Austin Texas (2013), Nashville, TN (2016) , Pennsylvania (2017) and most recently in Brooklyn, New York (2019).

*Due to Covid-19, in 2020, all live show  bookings were cancelled. Therefore, Ingrid D. Johnson, lost some great paying gigs like her main stage gig at The Red River Exhibition in June 2020 and The Ellice Street Festival. It was going to be a lot of fun with the full band on stage and an opportunity to sell some of our albums and other merchandise. These live gigs would have provided some much needed revenue to help fund our current projects, but being healthy is much more important.  With that said, we are pleased to offer you other ways to support Ingrid D. Johnson and In TheCloset Productions mission to help draw awareness to the life-long impact of childhood sexual abuse. 

1. BUY a Mug from our Etsy Shop IDJDESIGNS. 

2. BUY A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF RAINBOWS ON BANDCAMP. 

3. LEAVE US A TIP ON SOUNDCLOUD.

https://m.soundcloud.com/ingriddjohnson

4. BOOK Ingrid DJohnson FOR A VIRTUAL OR  live music concert (with social distancing) through Gig Salad.  

https://www.gigsalad.com/ingrid_d_johnson_the_funky_fresh_crew

5.  BOOK Ingrid D Johnson for public speaking engagements on learning to overcome the impact of childhood sexual abuse through our Shop page on this website.

6. Check out Ingrid D Johnson's new podcast "Writing Through The Pain" available on Anchor, Spotify, Apple, Google and other platforms. Subscribe, leave us a tip via paypal, and stay tuned for new episodes, every Wednesday at 9 pm. https://anchor.fm/ingriddjohnson

7. Stream Ingrid D. Johnson's catalogue of music on soundcloud today!

https://m.soundcloud.com/ingriddjohnson

OR 

SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ESQ9ej8ckbLBVi8hh9cUS?nd=1&nd=1

8.  Buy Ingrid D. Johnson's albums on itunes 

https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/ingrid-d-johnson/208127740

9. License Ingrid D.  Johnson's catalogue of songs for a flat fee plus royalties. E mail us today!

10. SPONSOR our mission and upcoming projects in any amount using the link below:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/itcsponsorship

11. Read Ingrid D.  Johnson's articles on Vocal Media, leave a TIP, and share the link with your friends. 

https://vocal.media/authors/ingrid-d-johnson

12. Partner with us to help draw more awareness to the impact of childhood sexual abuse by sending us an E mail to set up a meeting via Zoom. 

Thank you for your support during the pandemic and long after it is gone!,

Currently, Ingrid D.Johnson, is hosting a weekly podcast on Anchor called, "Writing Through The Pain," that shares clips of her upcoming memoirs,"Beauty for Ashes" that will further help to draw awareness to the life long impact of childhood sexual abuse.  Tune in weekly on Anchor, Spotify, and other podcast platforms for a brand new episode.

https://anchor.fm/ingriddjohnson

Also, join our Facebook page "Writing through The Pain" and support other women sharing their experiences, living with the impact of childhood sexual abuse. 

Join the conversation here:.

https://m.facebook.com/findingyourvox/?ref=bookmarks

It is also our desire to produce a documentary film titled,"Beauty for Ashes." The film will feature several new songs with themes about  life, love, faith, and human relationships, after trauma. In order to begin this project we need funding. If this project is something you would like to support, please, contact us via e mail for more information on how much funding is required and how you can partner with us, today. 

Thank you for support!