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GALLERY AND MUSEUM PRACTICE




















                                                                                                             Daphne Burgess (she/her) of Moulton,


                                                                                                             Alabama, Artist Art consultant, Co-Owner of

                                                                                                             Gallery 157 created to increase access to art

                                                                                                             and art experiences through collaboration,


                                                                                                             community engagement, exhibitions, and

                                                                                                             educational programming. She is an African


                                                                                                             American artist living and working in Moulton,

                                                                                                             Alabama. Her work has been shown in

                                                                                                             galleries and exhibitions including the Valley


                                                                                                             Artists Sculpture Exhibition, Sojourner Truth

                                                                                                             Art Museum, 1001 Del Paso Works, SMUD

                                                                                                             Gallery, CSU Sacramento, Brickhouse


                                                                                                             Gallery, Crocker Art Museum, the African

                                                                                                             American Museum and Library in Oakland


                                                Portrait of Daphne Burgess                                   and the African American Historical and

                                                                                                             Cultural Museum of the Central San Joaquin

                                                                                                             Valley. Daphne has been leading artists for

                                                                                                             several grant-funded programs through the


                                                                                                             Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

                                                                                                             Metropolitan Arts Commission.





























































                                                                      Portrait of Shonna McDaniels with her paintings




                             Shonna McDaniels (she/her) is the Founder and Director of the Sojourner Truth

                             African Heritage Museum (founded in 1996). McDaniels is a professional

                             artist/teacher/muralist and community activist, she has an extensive background in art


                             instruction and mural designs. She has studied under some of the finest professors in

                             the Los Rios Community College network and master artists in the San Francisco Bay

                             Area. While residing in Germany, McDaniels instructed art classes for two years on


                             military bases as well as organizing art exhibitions and programs. She has over 25

                             years of community involvement, with various organizations that support the arts

                             through exhibition, artist residences, community activism, community murals, and


                             organizing community-based festivals in South Sacramento. Has contributed over 150

                             murals to the landscape of Sacramento, Stockton, and San Francisco.











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