Master Classes & Community Seminars

To enhance the practices of homegrown artists, community seminars and master classes are provided on subjects such as: artist branding, social media marketing, intellectual property, cultivating donors and customers, and arts accounting. In addition, National BIPOC celebrities offer master classes on: identity, filming, balancing personal and professional life, screen writing, and finding the right agent. Our past speakers are listed below.

Janet Davenport

Press Training/Media Readiness Consultant

Leslie Gomez

LMG Photography/Branding Solutions

J. Richard Byrd

Brand Architect

Atty James L. Walker Jr., Esq.

Intellectual Property and Contracts Lawyer

Samira Wiley

(Handmaid’s Tale, Orange is The New Black)

SlimWav

Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Musical Director

Deon Kipping

Renowned Gospel Singer/Songwriter

Floyd Green

Philanthropist

Joe Young

Animator, Cartoonist, Filmmaker

Franco Lacosta

Fashion Designer

Marie Perez Brown, Esq

Corporate Creative

Adrienne Lopez

Producer/Talent Booker, Tamron Hall Show

Andre Keitt

Master Storyteller/Griot

Pamela Gordinier

Fine Artist / Activist

Christopher Brown

Filmmaker

Olivia “Fiyabomb” Nguyen

Fine Artist

Kim Weston

Photographer

Tamara Brown

Tax Professional