Our Team
M. Carmen Lane
ARTIST + FOUNDER
DIRECTOR + CHIEF CURATOR
2024 Artist-Hosts: Ryanaustin Dennis + art writer Allison Abdallah
ASHLEY ROWELL
ARTIST + ART PREPARATOR
2024 Advisory Work Group: Allison Abdallah, Ashley Rowell, Joe Namy, Lucy Zimmerman
Lauren eddie
FACILITIES MANAGER
Healing artists
Board of Directors + transition team*
Jenny Davis*
PHD (CHICKASAW), UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Elfi Martinez*
MBA, VICE PRESIDENT, JENNIFER BROWN CONSULTING
M. Carmen Lane*
MSOD, (MOHAWK, TUSCARORA) MC LANE CONSULTING Ex Officio
Laura J. Mintz*
MD, PHD, METROHEALTH
Matthew Francis Rarey*
PHD, PROFESSOR, ART HISTORY OF THE BLACK ATLANTIC,
OBERLIN COLLEGE
Advisory Board
Mildred Beltre
ARTIST/BROOKLYN HI! ART MACHINE
Houston Cypress
(MICCOSUKEE), LOVE THE EVERGLADES MOVEMENT
Jenny Davis*
PHD (CHICKASAW), UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Kerry Davis
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM
Leslie Fritz
ART ADVISOR, FRITZ ADVISORY
Susan Greene
MIDWIFE, BIRTHWORKS
Key Jo Lee
CHIEF OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS + PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Don Lyons
MSW (ANISHINAABE, MOHAWK) PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, INDIGENIZE, LLC
Laura J. Mintz*
MD, PHD, METROHEALTH
Matthew Francis Rarey*
PHD, PROFESSOR, ART HISTORY OF THE BLACK ATLANTIC,
OBERLIN COLLEGE
Nadiah Rivera Fellah
ASSOCIATE CURATOR, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
Gloria Smith
VETERANS OF HOPE PROJECT
Daniel Ossawa**
YOUTH ADVISOR**
+posthumous
+Paul O. Murphy
ARTIST, WOODWORKER, JAZZ COLLECTOR, GLENVILLE RESIDENT
+Vivian C. Murphy
MA, POET, CMSD LITERACY CONSULTANT
+Carol A. Brantley
OD + DIVERSITY CONSULTANT
+John W. Carlson
ARTIST
Organizational & Community Partners
Artists
Jose Rodriguez
Jennifer Elizabeth Kreisberg (Tuscarora)
Shaun Leonardo
Nanette Yannuzzi-Macias
Aya Rodriguez-Izumi
Donald Black, Jr.
Bianca Mona
Aja Joi Grant
Atefeh Farajolahzadeh
Jerrod Amir Shakir
Isabella Saavedra (Pit River Tribe)
Hollerin’ Space
Seven Weems
Amber N. Ford
Jenna Hamed
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Zach Hussein
Andre + Evan Lenox-Samour
Tarik Kezaleh
Joe Namy
Ieva Saudergaite Douahi
Jenin Yaseen
M. Carmen Lane (Mohawk/Tuscarora)
Ashley Rowell
Karl Anderson