|
| |
About the NCA
| MISSION
STATEMENT: To preserve, promote
and develop African American Culture and the creative Forces of the
artists that emanate from the African American and African World
Experience. |
|
HISTORY:
The National Conference of Artists (NCA) was founded March
28-29,1959, at Dean Sage Hall of Atlanta University during the
opening of the Atlanta University Eighteenth Annual Art Exhibition.
It was the idea of Margaret T. Burroughs, who joined with James D.
Parks and fellow artists to form the organization. Sixty one
(charter) delegates from 12 states registered.
The administrative board charged with the governance of the
Organization were: Margaret T. Burroughs (Chair), James D. Parks
(Vice-Chair), Eugenia V. Dunn (Secretary), Jewel W. Simon
(Treasurer), Helen Coulborn (Director of Publicity), William V.
Harper and Allan G. Junier (Directors of Public Relations), Virginia
Kiah (Consultant to Young Artists), and Dr. R.E. Clement (Adviser).
Regional Chairmen were: Jack Jordan (Western), Bernard Goss (Middle
Western) Delbert Lovelady (Far Western), Estelle Johnson (Eastern)
and Arthur Rose (Southeastern). |
NCA New York Board of Directors
Danny Simmons, chairman
Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Bd Secretary
Dr. Rosalind Jeffries
Ed Sherman
Grace Y. Ingleton
Valerie Pilgrim Bell-Bey
Marcia Lynn Sells
Ex Officio- Kwame Brathwaite
|
