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First Friday Artist Spotlight + Interview | Lavonne Barfield

black woman artist Lavonne Barfield painting live

“We are pleased to spotlight Lavonne Barfield our First Friday Featured Artist for June 2019” Attend Lavonne’s Art Opening at […]

Black Women Roc! Month Spotlight | Prudence Anderson-Leusch

  We are pleased to highlight Prudence Anderson Leusch as our third Black Women Roc! feature for the Month of […]

Black Women Roc! Month Spotlight | Phyllis Jackson

  We are pleased to highlight Phyllis Jackson as our second Black Women Roc! feature for the Month of June […]

Black Women Roc! Month Spotlight | Tianna Manon

  We are pleased to highlight Tianna Manon as our first Black Women Roc! feature for the Month of June […]

June Featured Artist Spotlight | Brianna Correa

We are pleased to spotlight Brianna Correa our June Featured Artist About Brianna Brianna was born and raised in Rochester […]

Performing Artist Spotlight | Ariana Highsmith

We are pleased to spotlight Ariana Highsmith our March Featured Performing Artist About Ariana Ariana has been surrounded by music […]

Performing Artist Spotlight | The Rebel Flower Bomb

We are pleased to spotlight The Rebel Flower Bomb our March Featured Performing Artist About The Rebel Flower Bomb The […]

Community Educator Spotlight | Carly Wise-Levick

  We are pleased to feature Carly Wise-Levick in our latest Community Educator Spotlight About Carly Carly Wise-Levick is a […]

Black Women Roc! Spotlight | Shalom Pearl Singer-Gause

  We are pleased to highlight Shalom Pearl Singer-Gause in our latest Black Women Roc! feature About Shalom Shalom Pearl […]

Community Educator Spotlight | JoVonna Victor

  We are pleased to spotlight JoVonna Victor in our latest Community Educator Spotlight About JoVonna Having to find natural […]

Black Women Roc! Spotlight | Melanie Funchess

  We are pleased to spotlight Melanie Funchess for our Black Wome Roc! Campaign About Melanie Melanie Funchess has been […]

Artist of the Month Spotlight | Lavonne Barfield

We are happy to have Lavonne Barfield at the 540WMain Artist of the Month LaVonne D. Barfield is a native […]

INvisible Beauty In Pain Artist Spotlight | LaShonda Davis

The INvisible Beauty In Pain campaign’s ninth artist spotlight is LaShonda Davis The INvisible Beauty In Pain campaign’s ninth artist […]

INvisible Beauty in Pain Artist Spotlight | Alivia Ruiz

We are back in Rochester for our fourth INvisible Beauty in Pain Artist Spotlight. The INvisible Beauty In Pain campaign’s […]

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