Abdurrahman Danquah is a visual artist born and raised in Central Texas. He holds a BA in Media Production from the University of Houston and is currently pursuing his MFA in Film & Media Production at UT Austin. Danquah's art is influenced by his identity as a Black Arab Muslim raised in the American South. His work spans between film and photography with identity, faith, and connection serving as the main anchors throughout his artistic practice. His photography has been exhibited at spaces including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, SANMAN, and Casa Luz, and featured in publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Suni Mullen is a post-modern conceptual artist. Her practice examines how Black identity is constructed, disciplined, and activated through language, social existence, and well as systems of power. Mullen’s work meditates at the intersections of occupying Blackness, womaness, and vengeance. Her interdisciplinary methods often narrate personal stories, both lived and observed.

Mullen earned her B.F.A in Painting from Otis College of Art & Design and an M.A in Contemporary Art Practices from the Royal College of Art, London, where she developed an evolving language on Black Agency through painting, video, discourse, writing, performance, and sculpture. She has exhibited across California, throughout Texas, and in New Mexico alongside Kara Walker and Shinique Smith; internationally in London and Germany — debuting short films at the Tate Modern as well as Tick Tack.

This year, she exhibited a new series, "A New Frontier: Kiss My Black Ass" at the Bomb Factory in London with "The Furies"--  a female collective. Recently her work was showcased for Heavenly Beings at the African American Cultural and Heritage Facility in Austin, TX which closed on August 29, 2026.

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Corey De'Juan Sherrard Jr. is a multidisciplinary artists who uses paintings, maps, and sound to connect the proximity of cities. Through his unique visual system he actualizes a political motif that answers to the deficit of radical black objectives in popular black music. These songs that are based off of said process are arranged to be reconstructed for live performances. Alongside exploring these methods, Sherrard seeks to extend his practice into works paying homage to the saxophone. He has engaged in generating saxophone studies materializing the texture of the saxophone's tonality, history, and black cultural impact in mediums such as clay, paint, photography and sound recordings.

Kaelyn Provost is a visual artist from Houston,Texas who creates abstract works using oil paint and pastels. Her pieces are multi-dimensional, bold, and colorful drawing upon her inner world to create portals for her subjects to exist in. She experiments with light, composition, and color theory to reflect the co-existing nature of the conscious and subconscious body. Provost started her career when she switched her major from biology to art, creating her own website to host her portfolio. Through her tenacity Kaelyn connected with other artists and exhibition opportunities by conducting her own research. She received her BFA in Studio Art at Texas State University.

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One thing that Kaelyn wants people to know is that she enjoys discussing varying interpretations of her work. Additionally, she enjoys analyzing and offering feedback to artists and is open to individuals who want to discuss their work with her. 

Meet Phalyn Honora

Phalyn Honora is an experimental photographer from Houston, Texas who’s  body of work explores her internal observations of the world. Using analog photography as her medium, Phalyn’s art is organic and intentional. Her process draws on her inner ruminations and sociological theories to frame her work. Honora creates despite the many systems that operate to challenge her existence and this is shown in her dynamic and thought provoking work.

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One thing that Phalyn wants people to know about her is that she doesn’t define herself as an artist. She is less interested in labels and categories that can box in individuals, Phalyn believes that the moniker ‘artist’ be left for those who seek to be defined.

Meet Morgan Newton,

Morgan Newton is a visual artist and Howard University Alumna based in Houston, Texas. Newton’s body work explores the phenomenon (or nuances) of black womanhood, identity, and “being”. Through this practice she deepens her relationship with her southern familial roots, black womanhood, spirituality, and healing in all forms. Her work centers the idea of “being” as a black woman and explores what that means. Her mission is to inspire others with her transparency so they can see themselves in her work. A question that centers her practice is  What does it mean to “be”? In this shade? In this body? The continuation of this exploration would be crucial in my journey to formulate a deeper meaning of my past, present and future self. Overall this experience would uplift me and other Black women on this journey.

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Meet Chayse Sampy,

Chayse Sampy’s artistic practice is currently focused on creating mixed media paintings that possess a sculptural quality, functioning as monuments, memorials, as memories. The works serve as an invitation to the family reunion, a return to community with those known to us and by the wake. They offer an opportunity to revel in not only our pain but in our resilience and beauty. Drawing from the enduring spirit of Black resistance, they incorporate a collage of images and materials that highlights the collaborative nature of Blackness across time and space. By incorporating mediums often associated with "craft," they convey a sense of resourcefulness, adaptability, and complexity that is integral to the Black experience, calling forth a tradition of fugitive creativity. As manifestation of W.E.B DuBois’ “double consciousness” these figurative pieces are monuments capturing the full scope of Black humanity, in all its dynamism and contradiction. Their narrative work seeks to understand a collective experience through the individual. Through found and archival images, they search for moments of connection in history and in the lives of their ancestors; Those moments when they reached beyond themselves and pulled us closer, begging us to remember who/what we are. Love