Bill A. Dallas
Bill A. Dallas About: From early childhood until now Bill A. Dallas has been connected with music and painting – especially the beauty of jazz, and how it reflects his style of painting, which he calls artmatism. The significance of all music plays an important part in his art world, which goes far beyond just […]
Latisha Baker
Latisha Baker About: Latisha Baker Artworks is a handmade creative art business based in Oakland, CA. Latisha is self-taught and started as a hobbyist over 25 years ago making jewelry and home accessories with found materials consisting of a variety of wood and natural materials. She continues to develop art practice as a wearable art […]
Antt’Smalls aka AnttonioDesigns
Antt’Smalls aka AnttonioDesigns About: Anthony “AnttonioDesigns” Smalls aka TheCounselorandCreator, outside the art world I’ve enjoyed working as a counselor for adolescents and adults. Helping others is something I have always been passionate about. With art being my passion outside of work it may be hard sometimes to find a day to paint when you’re working […]
Maalak
Maalak About: “Digital Soul Artist Maalak (Melvin Atkins)” … was born 5th of 7 children in rural Louisiana where art covered the landscape! Plowed fields-Gardens-Animals-Cotton -Changing Seasons & Wild Flowers- Birds-Brightly Colored Trees & Mammas Flower Yard-Ladies Quilting. Paper was scarce so we drew in the sand. My art inspiration came at seeing a young […]
Rodney Bell
Rodney Bell About: Rodney Bell currently resides in Oakland. He was raised in St. Louis, MO. Drawing became his first love. His mother fondly remembers one of his drawings at age 3, an abstract on a man’s white leather jacket. Rodney remembers as a child having “happy hands” when holding two or three crayons in each one. His mother’s […]
Claude Lockhart Clark
Claude Lockhart Clark: My work is about the common man and African Experience. “Honoring the Ancestors: The Woodcarvings of Claude Lockhart Clark”by June Anderson , Claude Lockhart Clark, et al. | Aug 1, 1997Paperback Website: claudeclark.org/apparel More info: ART IS A BUSINESS – I am classified under the heading “urban indigenous artist” – as a […]
Idris Hassan
Idris Hassan Special events: “African Diasporic Art and Healing Workshop” by Idris HassanSaturday, April 3, 2021 – 11:30 am – 1:00 pm This workshop introduces audience members to the importance of artistic expression as a healing tool in the African Diaspora. It includes a brief survey about the history of African-American and African Diasporic Art, […]
Bertrell Smith
Bertrell Smith
Jimi Evins
Jimi Evins About: My bliss is to use my creativity to make art I feel best express my idea of life. Art that challenges and satisfy a profound place in thee spirit (the process of making). Color, shape, texture, and balance, working together are the most inspiring elements of creating. Developing a technique of application […]
Chasya Thierry
Chasya Thierry About: I am a 1st generation California Black Creole. My parents and grandparents were some of the many African Americans who migrated to the West Coast during the great migration in the 1950s and 60s from Louisiana. Catholicism was a big part of my upbringing and I can remember seeing nothing but black […]
