Our Board Members

Board President

Clifford Darrett is a charter member of AAVAG and has served in all elected offices of AAVAG. He is a professional artist, musician and a Jazz disk jockey at WDPS radio station in Dayton. Cliff is an Emeritus Board member and serves as a resource person for AAVAG. He has an Associate Degree in Electronic Data Processing from Sinclair Community College, a Bachelor Degree in Business Adminisration from Central State University and a Masters of Computer Science from The University of Dayton. Clifford, whose artwork is in many public and private collections in the United States is an oil painter of contemporary realism and African American history. He is a retired General Motors employee and a veteran of the United States Air Force.

Second Vice-President

Andrea Cummings, is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree, she is AAVAG's Gallery Curator, and she has served as Secretary of the general membership, First and Second Vice-President of the Board of Trustees and Chair and Co-Chair of the Program Development Committee of the general membership. Andrea is a fabric artist whose artwork is in many public and private businesses.

Recording Secretary

Cedric McGhee is the Chairman of the ACTSO Division of the Dayton NAACP. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. He also has a Masters of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Dayton, Cedric is also a Lifetime member of the NAACP.

Treasurer

Craig Screven is a graduate of The Ohio State University and a professional artist. Craig brings to AAVAG the expertise of organization and has served in many capacities of leadership. A diligent worker and volunteer in many of AAVAG's events and workshops, he has also chaired many committees. His digital artwork is in many public and private places.

Dwayne Daniel is a charter member of AAVAG, a professiomal artist and Fine Arts Professor at Central State University. He has served as President of the organization. He has a Fine Art Degree from Central State University and a Masters of Fine Arts from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio. Dwayne is an Emeritus Board member and serves as a resource person for AAVAG, and is the Chair of the Arts and Education Committee. Dwaynes' prize winning artwork is in many private and public places in the United states.

Dr. Judith L. Huacuja is a Chicana scholar who researches and teaches across the disciplines of ethnic studies, women's studies and visual culture. She brings expertise in Latin American and African American contemporary art history as well as a secondary emphasis in non-Western art history. Degrees: Ph.D., Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000, M.A., Art History, Rice University, 1995, B.A., Art History, University of Houston, 1993, BFA, Fine Arts, University of Houston, 1993. Dr. Huacuja's recent research explores the cultural histories in African American as well as Latin American art of the Midwest. Her research and teaching methods analyze aesthetics and philosophies in relation to minority issues of resistance, activism and integration. Dr. Huacuja's research grants include the College Art Association Cummings Fellowship, the Smithsonian Institution's Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the Chicana Studies Dissertation Fellowship (UCSB), a UC MEXUS Dissertation Research Grant, several Ohio Humanities Council grants and an Ohio Arts Council grant. Dr. Huacuja has undertaken numerous curatorial projects including "Three Generations of Chicana Art," "Latino Art of the Midwest," and "Sera, featuring artists whose work references Hispanic, Latino and Chicano social issues. Recent curatorial projects on African American artists include "Masks, Music, and Musings: A Retrospective Exhibition and Symposium on the Art of Curtis Barnes Sr." and "Marking the Past/Shaping the Present: The Art of Willis Bing Davis.