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The ISE-DA team has spent this month planning and preparing to continue supporting the Black art ecosystem and is excited to share with you some of our new projects as the year progresses. As we start kicking off our programs and projects for 2023, here are some of ISE-DA's 2022 highlights: - Consulted with CulturalDC to launch?TORRENTS: New Links to Black Futures - Helped Black professionals start/build their art collections with international sale - Onboarded new partners - Served as a cultural partner for?Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism Festival - Kicked off our first in-person events for our Collectors' Club, helping Black professionals on their path to becoming cultural stewards of Black art through collecting - Traveled to Senegal for the Dakar Biennial and built partnerships with galleries and art professionals New York, Atlanta, Dakar, Washington D.C., and more - 2022 was a fulfilling year. We are thankful for the partnerships and progress our advisory made. We look forward to continuing?our support of Black collectors, artists, and organizations this year!

ISE-DA's New Collectors' Program is now open for membership! Our program is a membership for Black professionals interested in art collecting. Assisting Black professionals with acquiring, understanding, and supporting Black cultural production, our program provides a space to learn more about the process of art collecting and the wider art ecosystem. Our program includes events such as private studio visits, exclusive gallery tours, and access to available work by Black artists globally. Through our program, ISE-DA has helped Black professionals acquire/commission works from Black artists from countries including Haiti, Senegal, Tokyo, Nigeria, and the United States. The sign-up window to join for Fall/Winter 2024 closes on October 10th, 2024, or until the program is at capacity. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eNPUdHue Pictured: ISE-DA New Collectors Program Tour at Sotheby's, Spring 2024.

ISE-DA's New Collectors' Program is now open for membership! Our program is a membership for Black professionals interested in art collecting. Assisting Black professionals with acquiring, understanding, and supporting Black cultural production, our program provides a space to learn more about the process of art collecting and the wider art ecosystem. Our program includes events such as private studio visits, exclusive gallery tours, and access to available work by Black artists globally. Through our program, ISE-DA has helped Black professionals acquire/commission works from Black artists from countries including Haiti, Senegal, Tokyo, Nigeria, and the United States. The sign-up window to join for Fall/Winter 2024 closes on October 10th, 2024, or until the program is at capacity. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eNPUdHue Pictured: ISE-DA New Collectors Program Tour at Sotheby's, Spring 2024.

Earlier this month, we hosted an event in partnership with ISE-DA at the 2045 Clubhouse featuring designer Brandon Blackwood, Founder, Creative Director, and CEO of his namesake brand, and visual artist Tschabalala Self. During the course of the night, Self and Blackwood spoke with moderator Jenée-Daria Strand about cultural stewardship, entrepreneurship, creative relationships and strategies for supporting emerging talent. Two key takeaways from the night: 1) As your career progresses, support newcomers however you can. 2) Support isn’t always financial — information-sharing, advocacy, and amplification are powerful forms of assistance that can ignite someone's career or open new opportunities for them. 2045 Studio provides members with a space where they can feel supported and empowered to take the next step in their careers. Reach out to [email protected] to learn more about corporate partnerships as a way to invest in your diverse employees and encourage their growth.

Some snapshots from one of the best spring Art Weeks I’ve been to in New York featuring ISE-DA, Future Fair, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), and Frieze

Last month, we hosted a fireside chat with Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums and 2045 Studio on pathways to building an art collection. 2045 Members learned how to support value-driven artists, the wider impacts of supporting Black artists on the art market, and the global diasporic community, and left with ideas about how to begin building a strategy for art collecting. If you want to stay up-to-date on our events and learn more about the importance of art collecting, sign up for our newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/gWjxFtCg

Thank you to Latitude Brazil, ABACT – Associa??o Brasileira de Arte Contemporanea, SP-Arte, and Nara Roesler Gallery for hosting ISE-DA founder Adefolakunmi Adenugba in Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of their Art Immersion Trip. Along with 9 other internationally-based visual arts professionals, ISE-DA founder Fola spent April 1st to 7th in Sao Paulo visiting galleries, touring important art institutions such as Museu de Arte de S?o Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP and Pinacoteca de S?o Paulo, and interacting with local artists, gallery owners, and collectors.

MA Art Business alum Adefolakunmi Adenugba has made waves in the art market through her company ISE-DA, an art advisory focused on cultural stewardship of Black contemporary art. Adefolakunmi’s extensive work that includes cultivating new Black art collectors has also landed her on the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Read our interview with her here: https://lnkd.in/eDRyPrTN

Earlier this year, the ISE-DA team traveled to Trinidad to engage with the Black artistic landscape across the island. We were welcomed into?artist Che Lovelace's studio, where we explored the inspirations behind his paintings that bridge abstraction and figuration. Amber wrote about the studio visit for Elephant. Read more below https://lnkd.in/eENzNfCM