Gwendolyn Black

Gwendolyn Black is an award winning artist who started her career as a fashion illustrator. She later moved to fine arts, where she found her niche organizing and curating exhibitions and programs. Since 1991, she has been using her work to uplift the community, most notably through the following events and organizations: Arts and Jazzfest NYC / Visual Arts and Jazzfest, Pioneer Awards: Honoring Women in Visual Arts, IAM (Incorporation of Artists on the Move, Inc.), and OpenSpace Arts. Black is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.