Membership
Membership is open to African American artists of all disciplines.
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Founding Members
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver ll, Nedra Bonds, Gerald Dunn,
Diallo Javonne French, Glenn North, Jason Piggie,
Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin
Advisory Council
Charles Bibbs - Internationally Acclaimed Visual Artist, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver - 5th Congressional District and Methodist Minister
Najee Dorsey - Mixed Media Artist, Collector and Founder Black Art In America
Ed Dwight - Master Sculptor, Historian, Pilot and 1st African American Astronaut candidate
Dean Mitchell - National Award Winning Figurative (Watercolor & Oil) Painter
Maurice A. Watson - Husch Blackwell Law Firm
Julián Zugazagoitia - CEO and Director of the Nelson -Atkins Museum of Art
Active Members
Tyrone Aiken (choreographer | educator) ~
Damron Russel Armstrong (actor | director) ~
J Leroy Beasley (painter | sculptor) ~
Michelle Beasley (painter) ~
Nedra Bonds (textiles) ~
Renee Blanche (performer)~
Muriel Boyd (arts education) ~
Michael Brantley (painter | framer) ~
Taylor Brown (spoken word) ~
Ramona Davis (curator | graphic designer~
Gerald Dunn (musician) ~
Everette Freeman (musician | composer) ~
Xavier Gayden (illustrator)~
Juliette Hemingway (digital artist) ~
Joycelynn Heard (painter)~
Anthony High (painter arts educator)~
Robert Hale (photographer)~
Diallo Javonne French (photographer | film maker) ~
Kim Jones (choreographer)~
Charles "Swavy" Jones (painter) ~
Clarissa Knighten (jewelry designer) ~
Kreshaun McKinney (arts education) ~
Hermon Mehari (musician) ~
Tracy Milsap (storyteller | performer) ~
Sheri Mirador( jewerly / clothing designer)~
Eddie Moore (musician | educator) ~
Carlos Nelson (Cascade Media) ~
Glenn A. North (poet)~
Kim Newton (textile)~~
Joseph A. Newton (digital painting) ~
Joseph T. Newton (painter) ~
Michael Patton (poet) ~
Jason Piggie (photographer | film maker) ~
Tony Ramos (painter)~
Harold Smith (painter | film maker) ~
David Stevens (photographer)~
Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin (textiles | author | curator) ~
Michael Toombs (painter | arts educator) ~
Michael Warren (musician | educator) ~
Dr. Jacqueline Wood, PhD (professor | poet) ~