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One of the Guild’s first action items was inviting civil rights leader Lisa Scails, who currently serves as executive director of the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, to facilitate a discussion for the Black Artist Guild entitled How to Mobilize the Movement as Black Artists.
Read MoreDuring a community forum in the summer of 2019, local artists Dara Harper and Diane Johnson suggested the concept of a Black Artist Guild as a networking association and support system for Akron's Black creative talent, and on February 3, 2021, that idea sparked as part of the Akron cultural planning process is coming to life.
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