CELC Core Admin Team

The CELC Core Admin Team is a collective of arts leaders responsible for running and administering the CELC in its current form. Forever in evolution, we are glad to meet you on your, and our, journeys towards creative justice.

  • Andrea Gordillo (they/she)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Co-Director of Community Weaving, Multi-Media Artist

    Admin Core | Reach Andrea here

  • mica rose (they/them)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Co-Director of Emergence, Multi-Media Artist

    Admin Core | Reach mica here

  • T'Ajmal is smiling with a pink hair wrap, silver headphones, pink top, and black and grey leopard print jean jacket in front of a beige stone wall.

    T'Ajmal Hogue (they/them)

    CELC Admin, ACI Co-Director of Systems Support, Multi-Media Artist

    Admin core | Reach T’Ajmal here

CELC Core Creation Team

The CELC Core Creation Team is a collective of arts leaders responsible for co-creation of the curriculum, platforming guest speakers and artists, and building community through a justice lens. They aren’t as involved in the current day-to-day ops, but their knowledge is baked into every piece of this work and you may see them for a drop-ins, etc.

  • Marian looks at the camera with her art work in the background. Marian has peach white skin, long brown curly hair, and is wearing a black shirt and red lipstick.

    Marian Taylor Brown (she/her)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI founder, Visual Artist

  • Meena Malik (she/her)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Consultant, Musician

  • Alyssa Liles-Amponsah (she/her)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Consultant, Visual Artist

  • Deidra Montgomery (they/she)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Consultant, Musician

  • Joseph Quisol (he/him)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Consultant, Musician

  • Nicole Agois (she/her)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Consultant, Musician

  • Zakiyyah Sutton (she/her)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Consultant, Musician

  • Mel Taing (she/her)

    CELC Core Team Member, ACI Consultant, Visual Artist

  • Cliff Notez (they/them)

    CELC Core Team Member, Co-Founder of HipStory, Multi-Media Artist

CELC Contributing Artists & Guest Lecturers

 

The CELC is made possible, and magically potent, by the many contributing artists and guest lecturers. These industry experts share their hearts with us as we unpack the sector as it exists, while imagining into the sector we wish to collectively build.

  • Lyssa is an Asian American woman standing before her chalk drawings in the Concord Art gallery.

    Lyssa Palu-ay

    Featured Artist & Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 1

  • Keith is an African American man in a black shirt on a gray background

    Keith M Washington

    Featured Artist & Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 1

  • Rashin is an Iranian American woman immersed in a field of projections and video design.

    Rashin Fahandej

    Featured Artist & Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 1

  • Stephen is a white man with light frame glasses standing on a shore with blue sky and water.

    Stephen Tourlentes

    Featured Artist & Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 1

  • Georgie, a Black woman with long braids, wears a nose jewel, and a colorfully patterned sweater, shown here sitting outside on her colorful throne sculpture.

    Garden of Journey

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 2

  • Ebony Bailey is a Black woman pictured with a red embroidered shirt leaning against a light blue wall outdoors.

    Ebony Bailey

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 2

  • Stephen is a Black man with a beard and a short-sleeve button up shirt. He stands in front of a painting that depicts various water animals and masks on a traditional Yoruba indigo pattern.

    Stephen Hamilton

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 2

  • Savalu is a Black woman wearing a black shirt and colorful beaded necklace woven by indigenous embera women. She smiles on a peach background.

    Savalu

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 2

  • Ifé is a Black woman smizing in thick-rimmed glasses, a silver nose ring and pearl earrings, and a white sweater.

    Ifé Franklin

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 3

  • a collage of artists micah rose, Julissa Emile, Chanel Matsunami, Jhona Xaviera, payal kumar, and Jae Quisol in a grove of soft sculpture eyes, hair, and teeth depicting yokai.

    They Watch You Thrive

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 3

  • Ryuta wears a kimono in front of the sea, wearing their long black hair up in a bun and a short-trimmed beard.

    Ryuta Iwashita

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 3

  • Jean Appolon Expressions dancers and Artistic Director are jumping and reaching for a large light blue umbrella.

    Jean Appolon Expressions

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 4

  • Martha wears a green patterned blouse and hair in African twists, with wampum shell earrings and a heishi shell necklace.

    Martha Redbone

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 5

  • Lia is a Black person with a white silk cloth wrapped around their head, green and gold glasses, and blue shimmery lipstick. Behind Lia are autumn trees with bright gold leaves.

    Lia Russell-Self

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 5

  • Three ADB dancers move together on stage in front of a blue background

    Abilities Dance Boston

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 6

  • Adrian smiles in a navy blue and red gingham patterned button-up shirt. His light brown skin glows against a gray backdrop.

    Adrian Anantawan

    Featured Artist, Unit 1 Session 6

  • Cliff is a Black person with a beard and glasses. They button-up a yellow sports jersey in a theater space.

    Cliff Notez

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 1

  • ​​Ty smiles gently, holding out a multicolored hoop in his palms. His headband and garments echo the background: a black foundation with various pops of color.

    Ty Defoe

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 2

  • Diaspoura wears a striped collared shirt, their brown skin and curly black hair are lit by purple hues under a tree outside.

    Diaspoura

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 2

  • Karen is an Asian fem smiling brightly in front of yellow buildings outside.

    Karen Young

    Featured Artist & Guest Lecturer, Unit 2 Session 3

  • Mel is a Cambodian-American radiant being with long straight black hair in a bright top on a blue to orange gradient background

    Mel Taing

    Featured Artist & Guest Lecturer, Unit 2 Session 3

  • Víctor sits with his face leaning on his right hand at the top of a blurred landscape. He wears a t-shirt that says in Spanish “You were brainwashed into thinking European features are the epitome of beauty.”

    Víctor García Mejía

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 4

  • Zakiyyah is a Black woman in profile wearing hair in braids with traditional jewelry and a bright blazer.

    Zakiyyah Sutton

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 4

  • Dancers in mid leap in organic fabrics on a brightly lit dance floor

    Danza Orgánica

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 5

  • In a black and white photo, Amanda is a Black woman with hair in braids and a ponytail. She wears a white blouse and is peeling through a large piece of torn wallpaper.

    Amanda Shea

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 5

  • Lecolion is a Black man smiling brightly wearing a white-collared shirt and gray suit jacket in front of a pale stone background.

    Lecolion Washington

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 6

  • slandie is a Black person smiling radiantly in a black button-up shirt. They stand at a train station in front of a moving orange subway car.

    slandie prinston

    Featured Artist, Unit 2 Session 6

  • Regine is a Black woman with a warm gaze under echoing warm studio light.

    Regine Vital

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 2

  • J is a Black man wearing traditional garments over his shoulder in an elegant interior space.

    J. Cottle

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 2

  • Siobhan is a brown skin African American zennial woman wearing an animal print scarf outdoors.

    Siobhan Carter-David

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 3

  • Harold is a dark skinned African American being in rose gold rimmed glasses, a black top, and vibrant necklaces.

    Harold Steward

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 3

  • EJ has dark brown chocolate skin with short hair and wears a radiant blue shirt outdoors.

    Elbert Joseph (EJ)

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 4

  • Aysha has dark milk chocolate skin and hair braided in an updo. She wears large bright earrings and a parka against a cold blue sky.

    Aysha Upchurch

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 1 Session 5

  • Ellice Patterson

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 1, Week 6

  • Heather Watkins

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 1, Week 6

  • Dawn Meredith Simmons

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 2, Week 1

  • Karthik Surbramanian

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 2, Week 1

  • Sage Crump

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 2, Week 2

  • Quita Sullivan

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 2, Week 2

  • Michael J Bobbit

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 2, Week 4

  • Kara Elliott-Ortega

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 2, Week 5

  • Catherine T Morris

    Guest Lecturer, Unit 2, Week 5

  • Charles Baldwin

    Guest Host, Unit 1, Week 4