Olivier Souffrant

Olivier Jean-Daniel Souffrant is an emerging Chicago-based artist Olivier-Jean-Daniel Souffrant, born in Haiti and witness to the coup d’état of 2004 and later the earthquake of 2010, explores the depths of emotional and physical interiors through the layering of...

Jamea Richmond-Edwards

Detroit-bred Jamea Richmond-Edwards graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Art degree from Jackson State University in 2004 where she studied painting and drawing. She went on to earn a MFA from Howard University in 2012.  Jamea is inspired by the black figures...

Ervin A. Johnson

Ervin A. Johnson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from the University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign with a bachelor’s in Rhetoric he began work on his second bachelor’s at Columbia College Chicago in photography. Most recently he...

The Carr Virtual Center

Experience the Carr Center.Art and culture. Streaming. Global. On-demand. TheCVC is a unique digital playhouse that connects the Carr Center and Detroit, Michigan to the world. The goal–showcase art and creative forms from across the Black Diaspora through...

Kris Nobles Returns to Detroit

Master Teacher Kris Nobles of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy is a highly accomplished professional dancer and instructor. He has won the Tanzolymp Danz Festival in Berlin, Germany competing in classical ballet. He has also been invited to perform solo in the “Duke...