Onyx Women Arts Network Launches @ Arsht Center
The Arsht Center launched the Onyx Women Arts Network: Women of Color + Culture (OWAN) in partnership with MIA Media Group with a private dinner attended by 90 culturally-minded female professionals from all over South Florida. OWAN’s mission is to deepen the connection between the black and African-American community and the Arsht Center. Hosted at the Center’s BRAVA by Brad Kilgore, the event featured five-time Grammy Award-nominated rapper “Dice Raw” (Karl Jenkins) of the legendary The Roots crew and also included the launch of the Miami Diaspora Fund, a new Arsht Center initiative that exists to commission and present transformative works by artists of color who have been historically underrepresented on America’s performing arts stages. To join the Fund, please contact Carlton Ford, Director of Membership, at 786-301-1078 or cford@arshtcenter.org.
Valerie Riles, Mireille Charles, Thamiah Tutt and Karl Dice Raw Jenkins
Onyx Launch Group Photo
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated
Amani Ayers, Angela Lucas Mumford, Valerie Riles, Erica Wright, Brigette Lumpkins and Cecile Gyles
Arsht Board Member Carole Ann Taylor and Arsht VP Valerie Riles
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Lakeisha Frith and Christia E. Alou
Lynda V. Harris and Burnadette Norris-Weeks
Maisha Dyson and Paula Shaw
Marquita Moore, Tara Pasteur and Erica Knowles
Monique Hayes and Rochelle Gapere
Robbie Bell and Loretta McNeir
Rory Lee and Woodie Lesesne