Throughout the years, Armando Alleyne’s visual art has centered jazz and jazz artists as subjects. However, his artistic focus tends to shift based on current events that impact him greatly.

Bre andy is a visual artist who works in charcoal, pastel, and oil paint mediums to create large scale/life size portraiture of people of color, mainly black women. She uses her immediate community as inspiration and intends to depict the individuality, influence & beauty of that community.

Ana María Agüero Jahannes is a space-maker, handicrafter, and acrobatic dancer based in Brooklyn and New Orleans. From festivals and sporting events to sofas and shoes, she creates not only sites for social and cultural interaction but also the objects we love to use in them. She is the creator of Field Day, her reimagining of track and field as a realm for Black queer and trans people to experience athleticism, aesthetic liberation, and collective joy on their own terms.

Casiano R. Hamer is a graduate student pursuing an MFA in Film and TV at NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Creative Writing from Pratt Institute. He is very interested in telling stories that illuminate marginalized communities and the complex obstacles they face.

Cheri Stokes is a performing artist, choreographer, scholar, educator and community organizer, born and raised in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Her work embodies Hip-Hop vernacular from that era, blended with movement that is innate. The essence of her movement style, choreographic process, and philosophy on embodied experiences are influenced by growing up in a black musical family, interacting with people in her community and the evolution of Hip-Hop culture.

Clarivel (we/us/you) from Ayiti Kiskeya (Hispaniola/Dominican Republic/Haiti), born/raised in NYC on the ancestral bones of the Lenape people. Our art practice: to decolonize & unravel racialized framework we live in, healing wounds created by eurocentrism.

Cy X is a a cyber witch and sound artist whose practice is rooted in the synthesis of disparate mediums. They are the co-founder of Synth Library NYC, a DIY community hub providing education, connection, and access to electronic music equipment with priority access going to BIPOC and people of marginalized genders.

DonChristian is a founder of Public Assistants. Public Assistants is built to grow within its community, and they understand that we cannot thrive if we do not first understand.

Efe Osaren is a Nigerian-American Student Midwife, Full Spectrum Doula, and Reproductive/Birth Justice advocate based in Brooklyn, NY. She likes solo traveling, permaculture youtube, and hot yoga without the Bikram.

Mars Dixon is a techie who is using their love of technology to restore broken computers and donate them to Queer and Trans BIPOC.

Felicita Maynard is an interdisciplinary artist who works across traditional analog and alternative photography processes to create artwork to further understand themself and their ancestors.

Messina Wattley is a multifaceted artist: jewelry maker and chef. Her goals are to bring her people good jewelry and good vegan meals.

Imani Russel is a Black queer+trans actor, singer-songwriter, poet, & playwright from Crown Heights. In their work, they have discovered their joy for writing fun, absurd stories and celebrating their own narrative voice instead of writing for the acceptance of an audience.

Myles Mugler joined the ballroom scene, a place where femininity is glorified and expression is appreciated, in 2018. It opened his eyes to art, black joy, black unity, family that understands, queerness. It was there he found his art and passion for vogue.

Joelle Dupton writes music under the name O R A C L E. Music has been a way for them to make sense of their inner world. They call themself O R A C L E because they believe their inner thoughts, visions, and dreams are messages sent to them to awaken their consciousness; a light that is created through the fertile darkness.

Nasani danvers is the cofounder of DAWNE, an organization created with the goal of bettering the Black community economically, mentally, physically, and spiritually.

Komikka Patton uses ballpoint pen, ink, paper, and assorted printmaking techniques to create works that are centrally based on the African Diasporan human condition.

Susy Oludele, noticing the lack of hairdressing education for differently-abled students, began an initiative to teach the valuable skill and spread a little love to everyone.

Kyian Williams is a Black transfemme artist, writer, and scholar who works fluidly across sculpture, video, and performance. They also support movement work that uplifts the livelihood of Black trans and nonbinary folks.

t'ai freedom ford is a Black, queer writer, educator and artist. Her writing is informed by the many identities with which she identifies: Black, woman, masculine, lesbian to name a few.

maps.google.comLisa M. Barr is a Brooklyn based writer and MFA-2022 candidate who helps other writers of color in MFA programs become more visible through publication and promotion.

The Free Black Women’s Library is a social art project, interactive installation and book collection that celebrates the brilliance, diversity and imagination of Black women writers. The library features four thousand books written by Black women, as well as workshops, readings, story circles, performances, cultural conversations and a monthly reading club.

Liyah James is a model, a mama, and an artist. As head of her organization, The Freedom Birth, she works to increase the number of birth workers of color by funding their education. She wants to ensure that mamas feel seen, heard, and understood.

Tina Colleen is a Black, queer, body liberator and social disruptor who uses art to promote activism that inspires love and healing for BIPoC.

Marley Lubin knows her purpose is to raise the vibration of humanity by assisting others in embracing their greatness and spreading unconditional love across the globe. She uses Her art to heal and uplift - otherwise, she says, it’s pointless. She is a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer, creative director, and so much more.

Violet Davenport is an educator who throughout her career has fought for equity, inclusion and diversity in classrooms across NYC.