Our Team
M. Carmen Lane
ARTIST + FOUNDER
DIRECTOR + CHIEF CURATOR
2024 Artist-Hosts: Ryanaustin Dennis + Arfil Pajarillaga + art writer Allison Abdallah
ASHLEY ROWELL
ARTIST + ART PREPARATOR
2024 Advisory Work Group: Allison Abdallah, Ashley Rowell, Joe Namy, Lucy Zimmerman
Lauren D. 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
Xaviera Simmons
ARTIST
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
Hollerin’ Space
Seven Weems
Amber N. Ford
M. Carmen Lane (Mohawk/Tuscarora)
Ashley Rowell
Karl Anderson