June 14: Deonna Craig
Join us Tuesday to hear from Deonna Craig the President of The Eighteen Art Collective. The Eighteen is a collective of 18 like minded and civically engaged Black visual artists in and around the Indianapolis area. They promote awareness and engagement of the arts by supporting local organizations, providing community education and mentorship, exhibiting to the public and serving as a resource to other artists.
Deonna is the owner of Art by Deonna, an Indianapolis based visual artist and art instructor. She graduated from Cathedral High School and DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Sociology. Her eclectic spirit led her down various career paths from production assistant for the Jerry Springer talk show to Insurance Fraud Investigator. After 15 years in Corporate America, Deonna’s creativity and love for adventure caused her to pursue art full-time.
As an entrepreneur, Deonna is able to pursue her passions of community building, teaching, public speaking and visual art. Her artwork has been featured in various museums and galleries such as the Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis Art Center, and Indianapolis Children’s Museum. She is also a published artist with credits to dozens of outlets such as Forbes, Indianapolis Monthly Magazine, Carmel Monthly Magazine, Creative Mornings Indianapolis, NUVO, Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Recorder, WTHR 13, WISH-TV 8, RTV 6, FOX 59, and PBS. Deonna is the 2021-2022 Visiting Artist at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum and the 2020-2021 Virtual Resident Artist at The Madam Walker Legacy Center. She also painted the Black Lives Matter mural on Indiana Avenue in 2020 with artists from the Eighteen Art Collective.
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