• Read more about Amy Oden

A multi-disciplinary visual artist, Emmy Award winning producer and director Amy Oden is best known for her person-first documentary and multimedia work. Amy’s oil painting works are represented by the Lockhouse Gallery in Maryland.  Amy served as senior director of the video team at the Human Rights Campaign, where she produced and supervised the production of video content advocating for LGBTQ+ communities. Her recent project "Daniel Really Suits You” won the social impact award at TribecaX in 2025, screened at Sundance’s BrandStorytelling in 2025, and earned a 2024 Vimeo Staff Pick.

• Read more about Fesseha

Fesseha Demessae is a self-taught artist formally trained in the fine arts, whose multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, sculpture, collage, photography, architecture, and design. Based in Maryland, USA, his work captures the cultural and ecological narratives shaping the African experience in the 21st century. Through projects such as the Lalibela Photographic Exhibition and the Sankofa Bird bronze sculpture, Demessae bridges heritage and modernity, celebrating the continuity of African symbolism through contemporary form.

• Read more about Alpha The Artist

Alpha Jackson Art for life, a reflections of everyday life situations through the eyes of the soul. Pen and ink dancing with oil and paper, creating our experiences of the people who take care of the people... 

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With vibrancy in color, a mixture of acrylics and mix media, self-taught graffiti folk artist Britnee Scotts paintings capture a spunky contemporary culture.  Presenting subjects that reflects on race, politics, and urban culture her works share a multitude of narratives. Her bold lines, and color has shaped a unique style in today’s art culture. Paying homage to Elizabeth Catlett, Aminah Robinson, Robert Colescott, and a connection of the Harlem Renaissance greats Faith Ringgold, Lois Mailou Jones, Brit bring those historical movements to fruition.