Jessica Keener
Jessica Keener About: I was born and raised in Oakland but nurtured by the entire Bay Area and it’s reflected in my work. I use the diversity and innovation of the region as inspiration to create vibrant and memorable pieces. My medium up until this point has been heavily concentrated in acrylic painting on canvas, […]
Freddie Crome Lambright, III
Freddie Crome Lambright, III Special events: Please tune in to my monthly radio show, the Groove Allegiance, every 2nd Friday of the month at Lower Grand Radio in Oakland, CA. It is an eclectic mix of all music of the African Diaspora: Classic R&B, Soul, Funk, Disco, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Throwbacks, Afro-Beat, Brazilian Funk, Latin, Dancehall, […]
Stephen Bruce
Stephen Bruce About: You have probably encountered his work as it has been on some of the most popular TV shows and movies to come out of Hollywood in recent years. From House, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, Californication, Big Bang Theory, The American Housewife, to movie sets (The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers ; […]
Shawna Kinard
Shawna Kinard Website: niadart.org/artists More info: 1. “After African Mask 1″ colored pencil on paper 9.5 x 13” $40 2. “After African Mask 2″ colored pencil on paper 9.5 x 13” $40 3. “After African Mask 3″ colored pencil on paper 9.5 x 13” $40
Yolanda Holley
Yolanda Holley About: I savor moments and reflecting on experiences. That is why my work is drawn from memories of my grandmother’s quilts, kinship and passions of identity. Website: www.ydholley.crevado.com
Tomye
Tomye Special events: Art Tag involves about 10 Artists who create Art based on an agreed theme, with input from one of the Artists. This link shows the visuals …https://www.ncwca.org/arttag-history.html Rhythmix Cultural Works’ K Gallery’s linkhttps://youtu.be/ICekDSAzKiA to the AOTAD’s first 2021 Satellite exhibit on-line reception. Thur. April 22, Take Your Daughter To Work coincides with […]
Jennifer Inez Ward
Jennifer Inez Ward About: Writer and Photographer Jennifer Inez Ward uses both these art forms to document the myriad of voices in each community she has lived. That’s 20 years and counting after graduating from University of California Berkeley School of Journalism. She is the author of a collection of poems and a short story […]
Stephanie Thames
Stephanie Thames About: Stephanie Thames was born and raised in Illinois, and has lived in Oakland, California for more than thirty years. She is mostly self-taught, but she studied for a year and half at California College of the Arts and Crafts during her early years. In 2018, Stephanie Thames received the Jan Hart Schuyers […]
James Gayles
James Gayles About: James Gayles is committed to cultivating artists and sharing his work. His vision is to put beautiful, uplifting, and enlightening work out there in the world. He sees art as a vehicle to educate, by portraying ancestral icons who youth and all people can be proud of. He attended Pratt Institute in […]
Zwanda
Zwanda Special events: A video tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxvFFOhJxAM About: I begin each ceramic sculpture with a commitment to either create new ideas or to expand on the ideas that were created in my on-going series. My art is influenced and inspired by my love and appreciation of the human figure, dance, and music, including my fascination […]
