AMFM x Bronzeville Winery

AMFM is an (art)ist organization for the people. We support and feature emerging and established artists through our website, which includes content with local artists and creatives from all over the globe, and through our curated events, exhibitions, partnerships, and activations. Through programming, AMFM combines the arts to cultivate community, diversity, inclusivity, intergenerational engagement and of course, good vibes with a purpose, mission, or cause. Learn more about at http://amfm.life

Curator

Ciera Alyse McKissick

An independent writer, curator, cultural producer, and the founder of AMFM, an organization whose mission is to promote emerging artists. She created AMFM, originally a web magazine, as an independent study project in 2009 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied Journalism and Mass Communications. Her work since then often involves collaboration through supporting Black and brown artists, local arts organizations, and seeks to stimulate community engagement that's driven by inclusivity, accessibility, intention, and care. She is also the Public Programs Manager at the Hyde Park Art Center, and on the board of Equity Arts (a project of Heaven Gallery).

John Alleyne

John Alleyne is an interdisciplinary artist from the island of Barbados, currently based in New Orleans, LA. His work is rooted in an exploration of "freedom," connecting his lived experience with an intuitive process of painting and silkscreen mark-making. In his practice, the untraditional use of unhinged silkscreens are utilized as mark-making tools to create painterly gestures of figurative abstraction. Through the exploration of Black nostalgic images like iconic hairstyle-guide posters commonly found in Black barbershops and salons, Alleyne re-imagines hauntingly new depictions that long for and reflect love, care, and a sanctuary for Black and Brown bodies. Alleyne graduated from SUNY Potsdam with a BFA in studio art and a concentration in digital design. He also has an MFA in studio art from Louisiana State University, with a concentration in painting and drawing. He has been Artist-in-Residence at Ox-Bow, ACRE, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. In August 2023, Alleyne taught experimental silkscreen techniques at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. He has exhibited work throughout various galleries and museums in the South, including Sulfur Studios in Savannah, Georgia, Baton Rouge Gallery, The Masur Museum, The LSU Museum in Baton Rouge, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and The Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. He has also exhibited work in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Ireland, and Barbados. His work is featured in New American Paintings (South Issue), Southern Cultures, The Chicago Reader, The Shepherd Express, Studio Visit Magazine, 225 Magazine, Savannah Now, and Issue #23 of The Hand Magazine. Alleyne is a member of Antenna Artist Collective in New Orleans. He is an Assistant Professor of Art at Southern University and A & M College in Baton Rouge.

Davey Friday

Davey Friday is an urban designer and artist from Chicago, IL. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in biology from Roosevelt University, Davey would go on to obtain dual master’s degrees in architecture and landscape architecture. As an artist, Davey’s work is introspective, cathartic, and inquisitive. His work is an investigation of self and the worldly influences that shape oneself.

Arthur Wright

Arthur Wright, a native of Chicago has been creating fine art in the Chicago area for the past two decades. Previously known for his upcycled Styrofoam sculptures, his work took a decided turn in 2016 when he became an Inaugural Fellow at Theaster Gates’ Stony Island Arts Bank and the Rebuild Foundation. Listening on repeat to the House Music of Frankie Knuckles at the Bank’s music library, he began to feel and see the space between the notes and put them down on paper as image. This led to the start of “Music on My Mind”, an ever-growing collection of drawings and paintings done live at music events and in the Studio. Wright has quickly become the chronicler of the Jazz scene in Chicago. Known in live music venues throughout the Midwest, his work has landed him shows with Pure Point Financial, the Jazz Institute of Chicago, the historic South Side Community Art Center and only going life Jazz events at the Fulton Street Collective.

Heather Polk

Arthur Wright, a native of Chicago has been creating fine art in the Chicago area for the past two decades. Previously known for his upcycled Styrofoam sculptures, his work took a decided turn in 2016 when he became an Inaugural Fellow at Theaster Gates’ Stony Island Arts Bank and the Rebuild Foundation. Listening on repeat to the House Music of Frankie Knuckles at the Bank’s music library, he began to feel and see the space between the notes and put them down on paper as image. This led to the start of “Music on My Mind”, an ever-growing collection of drawings and paintings done live at music events and in the Studio. Wright has quickly become the chronicler of the Jazz scene in Chicago. Known in live music venues throughout the Midwest, his work has landed him shows with Pure Point Financial, the Jazz Institute of Chicago, the historic South Side Community Art Center and only going life Jazz events at the Fulton Street Collective.