Kerry James Marshall

Maurice Evans

Cecil Reed

Cecil, nurtured his childhood hobbies into adulthood by playing recreational football, and eventually going on to receive scholarships to play at Georgia Military College, Fort Valley State University and Carson Newman University.

Charley Palmer

Palmer has an innate awareness of documenting the intricacies of Blackness with such depth, patterns, symbols, and textures that it is easy to forget that he begins with a blank canvas.

Dwayne “Dubelyoo”

Dubelyoo has been curating the traveling art exhibition called Art, Beats + Lyrics.

George Nock

Through hands-on practice, Nock devoted his life to the creation of realistic figures in bronze.
“I feel a responsibility to breathe life into untold stories, usually women, the culture bearers of any society. Oftentimes my subject will be African-Americans, whose way of life seems to have remained in touch with their heritage.

Gilbert Young

Gilbert Young is a nationally renowned artist, muralist, and art conservator. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, he served 27 years as director and conservator of the multi-million dollar University of Cincinnati Fine Art Collection.

Phyllis Stevens

Her quilts have been displayed in some of the most prestigious museums and galleries in the
world;

Paul Goodnight

Finding release in his art, Goodnight regained his voice and enrolled in the Vesper George School of Art, taking English classes at a nearby community college to help him along the way.

Pash Lima

With an aggressive approach, my compositions balance concepts of past and present futures. My work is a direct manifestation of the multidimensional lost and found that is me.

Mario Robinson

The work of Mario Andres Robinson fits squarely within the tradition of American painting.

Marie Denise Douyon

The art of Marie-Denise Douyon reflects a cross-cultural identity informed by the confluence of three societies: her native Haiti, her childhood land,