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About
NCA |
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Mission Statement
To preserve, promote
and develop African American Culture and the creative Forces of the
artists that emanate from the African American and African World
Experience. |
History
The National Conference of Artists (NCA) was founded March
28-29,1959, at Dean Sage Hall of Atlanta University during the
opening of the Atlanta University Eighteenth Annual Art Exhibition.
It was the idea of Margaret T. Burroughs, who joined with James D.
Parks and fellow artists to form the organization. Sixty one
(charter) delegates from 12 states registered.
The administrative board charged with the governance of the
Organization were: Margaret T. Burroughs (Chair), James D. Parks
(Vice-Chair), Eugenia V. Dunn (Secretary), Jewel W. Simon
(Treasurer), Helen Coulborn (Director of Publicity), William V.
Harper and Allan G. Junier (Directors of Public Relations), Virginia
Kiah (Consultant to Young Artists), and Dr. R.E. Clement (Adviser).
Regional Chairmen were: Jack Jordan (Western, Bernard Goss (Middle
Western) Delbert Lovelady (Far Western), Estelle Johnson (Eastern)
and Arthur Rose (Southeastern). |
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