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Hailiwood Does Arezzo. Oil on canvas + gold leaf. Cortona, Italy 2007
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I LOVE:

Art+Creativity + Tech + Philanthropy + People + Bold Ideas.

CURRENTLY:

Board of Directors (ArtTable)

Museum Professional (Smithsonian)

Harvard Grad (Masters in Museum Studies)

USC Grad (Bachelor of Fine Arts + Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Policy)

I AM:

Former mayoral appointed Commissioner to the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities board.

African American Art Historian

Portrait Artist + Curator

Scholar + Published Writer

Cultural Producer

WRITING:

Cultural Institutions/Leadership/Civic Engagement:

Museums and Social Impact: Anacostia Community Museum’s New Strategic Direction, Harvard Digital Libraries.

Black Diasporic Art/Culture/Fashion:

Lagos, Nigeria: A Creative Force in Art and Fashion, Smithsonian.

Black British Gaze on Film: Adeyemi Michael’s Nuanced Stories, Smithsonian.

CONNECT:

Click on “Connect” to learn more about my art or book me for speaking engagements about:

my curatorial practice + cultural institutions and civic engagement + deploying capital to sustain cultural institutions. Or simply shoot me a note to say “Hi.”

Full website coming soon....