Empress J is a quadruple threat in the entertainment industry. She is a singer, writer, dancer, and actress/producer. Empress founded and is the CEO of Healing Out Loud Theatre & TV Productions, Island Fete Fitness Dance Company, and Empress J Music. She is CEO and Co-Founder of the AfriCaribbean Festival an international project bringing together the Caribbean and African Cultures. She has tackled the music industry, as well as the poetry scene.
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Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
United States
Celebrate the arts and embrace the cultural diversity of Prince George’s County and value the contributions of the artists and arts organizations who make this an electrifying and inspiring place to live. M-NCPPC’s wide variety of arts programs and services let residents explore visual art, music, dance, theater and literary arts as enthusiastic spectators or eager students, and artists are encouraged to share their work with the community in many ways.
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A resident of the Gateway Arts District, Ms. Cave is a teaching visual artist, grant writer and arts advocate. She has two artistic themes in her work- colorful crowd scenes in her "Celebration of Life" series, acrylic on canvas, and "Thought Medallions," which are mixed media collages. Her public art installations included painting a Pandamania panda bear sculpture program for the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, and her work and greeting cards are on exhibit at Arts’tination, in National Harbor, Oxon Hill, MD. She is also President of the Hyattsville Community Artists Alliance.
Beatrice “Trice” Whitley is a vibrant gifted vocalist, producer, director, workshop speaker, and businesswoman.
Washington, DC native, K. Dené Chinn is the creative mind behind 6:33Media. During her sophomore year in college she discovered her passion for filmmaking. She knew she wanted to create stories that educate, engage and entertain audiences.
In 2005 she produced her first documentary, Too Black & Blue. In the years since she has worked on numerous documentary and television programs. Have You Seen Teri? will be her first feature length documentary.
Freda is a director, producer, dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. Her work is rooted in community. She serves as artistic director of two dance companies and works tirelessly to bring dance and theatre arts to disadvantaged youth. During the height of COVID she created a free DANCE YOUR HEALTH program to keep folks moving and an InConversation digital platform to support fellow dance artists.
Black Pearl Dance Theatre is a professional, community-based arts organization, with dance at its core.