Caroline Mardok is an award-winning French American visual artist whose work explores identity, race, and activism. Using various photographic methods, she creates narratives to reflect upon social issues. Her mural “Not Tired Yet,” honors the ongoing work, sacrifice and power of Black women, Black Trans...
Terrell Tuggle is a filmmaker, videographer, painter, author, poet, playwright, and proprietor of The Esoteric Theate. Known in the art community as ARTPEACE The Chess Artist, Tuggle is also a dedicated educator having served in The Department of Education for over 22 years. Currently, he...
Derick Cross, aka DCross, is a multi-dimensional visual, vocal, and performance artist and arts educator. He has performed nationally and internationally in venues including Madison Square Garden and Lincoln Center. He served as a cultural hip-hop ambassador for The US State Department’s Next Level Program,...
Stephanie Costello creates artwork rooted in drawing that choreographs the energy and visual life of cities. She employs an improvised architecture and then creates movement, negotiating this structure in intricately evolving patterns and imagery. Costello received a BA in Studio Art from DePaul University, a...
Jeanne Verdoux is a mixed media visual artist focused on drawing, printmaking, and ceramics. She has received grants and fellowships from various institutions including the French Ministry of Culture, The Bronx Museum, New York Foundation for the Arts, and others. Her work has been exhibited...
Nandy Del Castillo is the CEO/Founder of Shop Salem365 where she creates and sells original artwork inspired by pop culture. Her work has been featured on multiple BUZZFEED lists, favored by celebrities and industry professionals on social media platforms, and displayed in art galleries in...
Noël Copeland was born in Jamaica, and studied at the Jamaica School of Art in Kingston. He then went on to receive an MFA, with Honors, in Ceramics and Sculpture, from Pratt Institute of Art and Design. Copeland’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally,...
Jocelyn Marie Goode creates art as a tool to amplify her voice as an agent of social progress. She focuses on images that are healing, beautiful, and uplifting to counterbalance the prevalence of negative, demeaning, and traumatic media bombarding our mental landscape. Goode received a...
Sophia Victor is a Brooklyn-based visual artist who dedicates her work to exposing the stories and experiences of individuals and communities striving to overcome injustices. By raising awareness, she aims to humanize social justice issues and prevent them from being repeated. Some of her subjects...
Playground, by artist Carlos Torres Machado, is a study of the Brownsville community as observed in their playgrounds. Playgrounds are a community space for kids, teenagers, and adults where people unite, talk, and interact. In the colorful space of Torres Machado’s mural, the rich diversity...