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Crop Up Studio

Crop Up Studio Crop Up Studio 01 Artists: :: Provides dedicated advocacy on behalf of artists of color :: Offers intimate exposure to emerging artists of color :: Shares information and and best practices for beginning collectors :: Unites new and experienced art collectors with the young art stars of tomorrow

:: Imar Nelson :: Sabrina Nelson :: Carlos Nunez :: Jamea Richmond-Edwards :: Sydney James Crop Up Studio 01 Gallerist: :: Jumaane N’Namdi - G.R. N’Namdi Gallery (Miami) Crop Up Studio 01 Collectors:

:: Immerses audiences into the creative worlds of curators, gallerists, collectors, art journalists, art administrators and more

:: Taft and Sherida Parsons (Detroit)

Imar Hutchins Imar Hutchins is a self-taught artist based in Washington, DC. He works primarily in collage, mixed media and printmaking. Imar's portraits combine vintage black magazines, hate mail and other historical documents as well as found objects, tissue paper and new materials. He imagines that people themselves are collages—amalgams of countless disparate fragments and inputs. He "remixes" his subjects in new and often Afro-futuristic ways, but always drawing from (or challenging) a historical notion.

Image: Imar Hutchins | Opener of the Way INSTAGRAM: @imarhutchins WEB: imarhutchins.com

Jamea Richard-Edwards Born and raised in Detroit Michigan, Richmond-Edwards graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Jackson State University in 2004 where she studied painting and drawing and went on to earn an MFA in painting from Howard University in 2012. She is a recipient of the 2019 Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Award and a 2020 Joan Mitchell Artist in Residence.

Richmond-Edwards has exhibited her artwork nationally and internationally including the California African American Museum, Charles Wright Museum in Detroit MI and Kravets Wehby Gallery in New York. Her work is included in the collections of the Studio Museum of Harlem and Rubell Family Collection. She currently resides in Maryland with her husband and three sons.

Image: Jamea Richard-Edwards | Archetype of the Five Star INSTAGRAM: @jamearichmondedwards WEB: jamearichmondedwards.com

Carlos Nu単ez Born in Ecuador and raised in the United States, painter Carlos Nu単ez is inspired by contradicting facts that carry strong political messages. His paintings speak to a variety of issues including immigration, predatory economics and the corosive effects of class division.

The artwork is also infused with weaving narratives of heroism, desperation and greed.

The Philadelphia based Nunez has exhibited extensively in the Northeast and Atlantic Coast regions, including The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Taller Puertorrique単o and the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. His work can be found in collections across the United States including the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Image: Carlos Nu単ez INSTAGRAM: @carlos_nunez_art WEB: carlosnunezart.com

Sabrina Nelson Sabrina Nelson was born in the late 60's during the riots in Detroit, Michigan. She is a painter by degree from Detroit’s College for Creative Studies. Influenced by Yoruba Religion as well as Eastern and African Philosophy, Sabrina’s work is a combination of spirit, motion and intimacy. Not limited by 2 dimensions, the scope of her work also includes sculpture, assemblage and mixed media installations.

Sabrina has lectured on the preservation of Black Feminism in Art at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. She is a guest curator at The Carr Center and the Music Hall Performing Arts Center. Her work has been exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum, Museum of Contemporary Arts in Detroit and the African American Art in Culture Complex in San Francisco. Her work is in the collection of the Charles H Wright Museum and private collections from all regions of the US. Image: Sabrina Nelson INSTAGRAM: @sabrinanelson67 WEB: sabrinanelson.carbonmade.com

Sydney James Detroit-bred and based visual artist and muralist Sydney G. James has become an institution onto herself. The positioning of the black woman in America is a central theme in Sydney’s work. Her work seeks to establish a truer understanding of the black woman’s power. Sydney expands figurative painting with bold brushwork, colors and imagery.

Recipient of the 2017 Kresge Fellowship, James has displayed her art at MOCAD, the Charles H. Wright Museum, PLAYGROUND DETROIT, Collective Detroit Gallery, and the Red Bull House of Art. She has completed public murals in Detroit for the 2015-2018 Murals in the Market (recognized by Smithsonian Magazine as one of the world’s best), New Orleans, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Pow Wow Hawaii and Accra.

Image: Sydney James | Humble Beginning INSTAGRAM: @sydneygjames WEB: sydneygjames.com

Crop Up Studio Drake Phifer is the founder of Urban Organic, multi-genre marketing and promotions company with a focus on Music, Visual Arts, Film, and Literature, that is now entering its third decade.

Phifer is a long time adherent to the effort of helping creative professionals connect their ideas and creations to eager cultural enthusiasts across genre via event production, talent bookings and media outreach.

Phillip Harvey has over 30 years of experience working in the Arts, Phillip Harvey has curated and produced arts events in Tokyo, New York, Hong Kong and London. He is the principal of Nat Creole Projects, an arts advocacy content and media production company based in Harlem, New York and the producer of C3Arts Radio: The Essential Arts and Culture Show, an arts-advocacy terrestrial radio program that broadcasts every Tuesday on WHCR 90.3FM in Harlem.

Crop Up Studio 02 | Winter 2020 - 2021 Time: Saturdays 12:30 - 1:30 pm Dates: TBA Platform: Zoom