Plan and organize 30 community-based programs and workshops that serve HarlemAssist and supervise teaching artists with outreach and marketing for community workshopsCoordinated artist development programs for local artist community membersManaged administrative duties for the Children’s Art Carnival

Acquired NeON Arts $15K grant to teach art and creativity to NYC high school students virtuallyDeveloped and lead a workshop series of BIPOC art history and art-making technique Liaised mentorship opportunities high school participants and creative professionalsProduced events for students to share their art and creativity with their own community

Positioning the agency as a credible, reliable small business community resource via the development and execution of strategic planningRecruiting and increasing the number of constituency awareness and utilizing the agency's services and program Extending the agency's reach by creatively constructing and managing its online initiativeCultivating and nurturing mutually supportive relationship with the creation of a network of community business owners.Redesigning and tactfully circulating agency's informative materials to grow interactivity between agency and community membersConceptualize, formulate, and supervised implementation of special projects that solidify a partnership with the community at large.

Consulted in the development of business plans for local start-up business ownersBuilt small business loan packages catering to financial lending institutionsSupplied local entrepreneurs with the technical assistance that help them obtain required permits and certificationsHosted and lectured educational business administrative seminars for local impresarios

The Sound of Art is an art based entity that connects emerging artist with the art buying/collecting public.The Sound of Art was started in 2002, when I decided to act on a gut feeling that the scene of emerging artists and first time art buyers/collectors was being underserved. So produced an art show, that exhibited over 140 works of art, by approximately 70 different visual artists. The artists that partook in this exhibit, were a mix of emerging, established and celebrity. While it was sponsored by Levis and with all sales going to a charity (Lifebeat), this first Sound of Art art show, served as a testing ground for a exercising a different approach of connecting artist with buyers/future collectors. After this first Sound of Art exhibit it took off to producing art shows alongside more brands such as, Bloomingdales, Apple, Pepsi, Latina Magazine, HBO, VW, Diesel, Heineken, Budweiser and many more brands, became part of our mission; using corporate support to create that bridge. It maintained a balance of having a presence in the local art-deprived community as well as the corporate world. The SOA used a local businesses and created made their spaces double as galleries by exhibiting collections of amazing works on their walls. The SOA served communities ranging from Boston to Brooklyn and from Harlem to the Heights with the interest of helping small businesses increase their foot traffic through their doors with art and inspiring members of the community by giving them something beautiful and awespiring to look at as they went to a restaurant, lounge, beauty salon or clothing store. Now the SOA main focus are to: Sell artwork via its exhibits, Educate, Inform and Inspire via website, SOALife.com, and engage and entertain through its unique community art based activity known as Scavengers of ArtThe Sound of Art mainly draws that young early collector or established collectors looking to discover new talents and their works

Built and maintained strategic relationships with high-level buyers in key customer accountsLead a team of Sales Associates within their designated markets, to ensure they meet and exceed all sales, operational, and performance objectives Responsible for recruiting, coaching, and evaluating team of sale people.Completed and analyzed all daily, weekly and monthly reports to VP of Sales

Devised methodically strategies that was used to help clients reach their branding goalsTargeted and secured new business that assisted in the growth of August Bishop LLCBrokered relationship between client s and promotional field brand ambassadorsSpearheaded brand conceptualization and distribution campaign for clients