Carla Golder
Carla Golder About: As a Black woman artist living in Oakland, I am dedicated to creating art examining the impact of the African diaspora on our identity and sense of belonging. The African word Sankofa best expresses the guiding force behind my work- to retrieve wisdom from the past that has been lost and taken […]
MARVA
MARVA Special events: https://youtu.be/44KPAKBMz28 About: I am a ceramic sculptural artist. I use African history to bring visual images to my art. I also have studied other cultures history to complete my art form. Using the human form is my key to these replications. At times I want movement to my art, I use dancers […]
Deatra Colbert
Deatra Colbert About: Deatra is an artist working at NIAD Art Center who likes to work with pencils, paper, paints, silkscreen, lino-cut print, ceramics and fiber. “I am thinking about my work when I am doing my work. I’ve been coming to NIAD for a long time and I’m going down in history with NIAD. […]
Olubori Babaoye
Olubori Babaoye About: Greetings! My name is Olubori Babaoye and I am a Nigerian-American multifaceted artist from Oakland, CA. Throughout my elementary years, I drew on the playground with chalk during recess and even sketched on my homework assignments. That was when I was introduced to the Oakland School for the Arts where I studied […]
Jason Byrd
Jason Byrd About: Name: Jason ByrdAge: 29Origins: Philadelphia, PAPresently: Oakland, CAOccupation: Teacher Jason Byrd’s process is an ongoing investigation of the human condition, What are we? From where do we come? Where are we going? He explores themes such as the black family, systemic racism, toxic masculinity, the education gap, consumerism, and capitalism. Byrd tends […]
Dre’An Cox
Dre’An Cox About: Dre’an is an artist at NIAD Center. He works with woodcarving and drawing. He mostly speaks his mind. Dre’an makes what he sees happening like corruption in society or anything wrong nowadays. He focuses on events globally not just in America. Dre’an is also inspired by television, specifically: the original Teen Titans, […]
Doitshā Lexington
Doitshā Lexington About: Summary: Acrylic Paint, Watercolor Pencils, Tissue Paper, Craft Paper, Crayons and Colored Pencils on Canvas, T-shirts, Glass, Paper and some Suns have been created in Ceramics This is my inspired Art, they are creations of God’s Suns. They were created from recurring dreams that I started having in 1994 and for me […]
Yolanda Patton ThaSun
Yolanda Patton ThaSun About: About:My canvas is Life, so that could be anything from cotton, wood, tile or leather to name a few. I use acrylics as my medium and find myself adding different textures such as rocks, metal and anything that allows my imagination to flow. I do custom pieces based on your wish […]
Ester M. Armstrong
Ester M. Armstrong About: I realized at a very young age that I had the innate ability to capture visual images through artistic expression. Eventually my parents took notice of my gift and encouraged me to further develop my gift as an artist. My very first technical artistic instruction came in the form of a […]
Joseph Robinson
Joseph Robinson About: Joseph Robinson was born in Oakland and grew up in the East Bay. Mr. Robinson grew up spending time in the dark room with his late father, who was an active professional jazz photographer in the 1960s and 1970s. Mr. Robinson participated in The Art of Living Black for more than a […]
