Membership Benefits
- Enhance your knowledge of African and African American art
- Contribute to the growth of the DIA's African and African American art collections
- Network with other art enthusiasts
- Attend lectures by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists and art scholars
- Attend select FAAAA events and receptions at reduced or no cost
- Visit private and public collections and artists' studios locally and nationally
- Participate in Bal Africain®, FAAAA's annual fundraising event
In order to be eligible for membership in FAAAA, you must be a member of The Detroit Institute of Arts.
Executive Committee
- Roderick Hardamon, Chair
- Tiffany J. Jackson, Vice Chair & Fundraising Co-Chair
- Kimberly Hoyle, Treasurer
- Sherida DuBose Parsons, Secretary
- Jerome Watson, Programming Chair
- Robert Lockett, Membership Chair
- Kelvin Squires, Acquisition Chair
Directors
- Brandon Lockhart
- Conrad Egyir
- Deneen L. Garrett
- Gabrielle Sims
- Jon Croel
- Julie Egan
- Tyler Hardy
Advisory
- Barbara Whittaker
- Juliette Okotie-Eboh
- Nettie Seabrooks
- Reuben Munday
Emeritus
- Dexter Fields
- Ellen H. Kahn
- Hon. Charles W. Anderson, III
- Paralee Day
- Vivian Pickard
DIA Staff
- Valerie Mercer, Curator and Head of the Center for African American Art
- Nii O. Quarcoopome, Ph.D: Co-Chief Curator & Department Head- Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Rosemarie Gleeson, Director of Development
- Azzah Smith, Auxiliary Officer, Development
- Rachel Higinbotham, Administrative Assistant, Arts of Africa, Oceania and Indigenous Americas
GM Center for African-American Art: 313-833-4004