WHO OWNS BLACK ART? VOL. 2: 

REPAIR. HEAL. THRIVE


Who Owns Black Art is a flagship project of ZEAL. Established In 2019, WOBA interrogates the intersection of art, culture, politics and economic systems in the establishment of art institutions and the art market to ask the provocative question “Who Owns Black Art?”

We center the holistic well-being of Black artists and creatives and reckon with the spiritual and emotional aspects of the historic and contemporary systems on Black art and creativity. Participants will experience a day of healing, ritual and renewal and leave with tools necessary to incorporate wellness, self-care and community care as essential to their creative and professional practice.

ZEAL is a worker-owned creative agency & social impact collaborative that develops emergent cultural strategies to build equity for community wealth. Through our work of creative talent development, cultural production, and studio incubation we celebrate our lineages, assert our voices, archive our legacy, and showcase our artistic talents across the Black diaspora.

ZEAL MEMBERS - PRODUCTION TEAM

  • Anshantia "Tia" Oso

    Executive Producer of Who Owns Black Art?, Cultural Strategist, Activist and Speaker

  • ALLEN KWABENA FRIMPONG

    Cultural Strategist, Cooperative Entrepreneur, Conceptual and Performance Artist. co-founder of ZEAL

  • Tynesha White

    Multidisciplinary Artist, Leadership Development Coach and Specialist

  • Keenan Lacy-Rhodes

    Keenan Lacy-Rhodes

    Content Manager, Photographer, Videographer and Filmmaker

INTELLIGENT MISCHIEF - CREATIVE DIRECTORS

  • Terry Marshall (he/him)

    Founder/Creative Director, is an artist, strategist and cultural studies scholar living in Brooklyn by way of Barbados and Boston. He has 20-plus years of experience as a labor and cultural organizer and previously founded the Hip Hop Media Lab and Streets is Watching. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Civic Media Fellowship and an alumni of the Laundromat Project Creative Change Fellowship. Terry loves movies and comics and is a #WalkingDead superfan.

  • Aisha Shillingford (she/her)

    Artistic Director, is an anti-disciplinary artist, world builder, designer and cultural strategist originally from Trinidad & Tobago. She is an alumna of Laundromat Project's Creative Change Fellowship, a member of the New Museum Incubator, and an inaugural Fellow at the Race Forward Butterfly Lab for Immigrant Narrative Strategy.

    She has a BA in Environmental Analysis & Policy, an MSW in Social Innovation, and an MBA in Social Entrepreneurship. She has studied Graphic Design, Futures Design, Design Fictions, Design Thinking and Street Wear Design. She loves sewing, cooking, and riding bikes.

  • Hawah Hankins (she/her)

    Studio Operations Manager, is a daydreamer, learner and life path explorer from New Orleans. She has taught ESL in South Korea for 3 years, interned at Peace Corps in Washington D.C and worked as a librarian at Texas A&M University. She has a BA in Communication/Public Relations and a MS in Human Resource Development. She enjoys dedicating her degree to helping creative minds cultivate imaginative ideas by interweaving organizational strategy with artistic expression. Hawah is a lover of K-dramas, BTS and can spend hours explaining why New Orleans has the best cuisine in the country.