Highlighting Local NYC Artists: WaterKolors Fine Art Gallery Fundraiser

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Akili Buchannan is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, lecturer, news commentator and educator with over 20 years’ experience in the world of media and telecommunications. He is currently Executive Director of HuemanWorks LLC.
Barry Mason – 30 plus years as a professional artist – Fine Artist Painter, Photographer, and Educator. Actively exhibiting throughout NY and beyond. Creating highly charged unique Lyrical Abstract Shaped Paintings is m primary focus.
 Bessie Nickens (1906-2004) was a self -taught artist who began painting at age 80. Her early life was documented in her book: Reminiscences: Walking the Log   Photo: Mama Quilting, signed 1995 (unframed)
Bonnie Phillips Bonnie is a self-taught artist.  Bonnie has created a series of paintings that she calls this Journo Art.  It is her attempt to document and thereby archive both the visual and sometimes the vocal using words, social issues, music, sports, and entertainment that have impacted people from the African diaspora  
Deboriah Pogue is a recent retiree and new to the quilting world.  She learned to sew and quilt 3 years ago and currently is a member of the Quilting Divas related to PSS Harlem Senior Center.      
George A. Williams, Jr.., a steadfast member of Grace Congregational Church, maintains a vibrant dental practice in Harlem. An avid art collector, his broad collection includes more than a hundred works from around the world. Dr. Williams is an enthusiastic emerging self-taught artist who has created energetic works on mylar – with passion!  
 J Pinderhughes – John Pinderhughes is a self-taught photographer with a career of 50+ years in Commercial and Fine Arts Photography. His work is the photography collections at MoMa, Detroit Institute of Arts, and Ringling Museum to name a few. He is a member of the Kamoinge Workshop.
Judith Raices is a retired designer who has worked with over 65 business clients to design patterns for products sold in department stores and supermarkets.   Her designs have been made into clothing, sheets, drapery, carpets, paper goods, cosmetic packaging and dinnerware.
Paula James NY Paula James-Nailor is a Mixed media Artist and Jewelry Designer who specializes in custom jewelry. Each piece is unique and hand-crafted from sustainable precious and semi-precious metals and gemstones.  Her work has been shown in art galleries, private shows and PaulaJamesNY.com.  
Victoria Pinderhughes is owner/designer of Jewelz By Victoria, which creates one-of-a-kind hand-crafted jewelry that is wearable art. Each piece of jewelry is organically made with metals, beads, or polymer clay, and hand-crafted findings.
      WaterKolours It is our mission to present the finest artworks by the premiere artists of our
time combined with our ever-improving commitment to customer service.
With a desire to present imagery that reflects our capacity for human greatness,
it is our belief that culture is how a people celebrates & defines itself on the
map of human history & world geography.  

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