Bio

Curator, conceptual artist and poet Mēlani N. Douglass is the founder of the award-winning Family Arts Museum - a migratory institution focused on the celebration of family as fine art, home as curated space, and community as gallery. Inspired by the birth of her daughter, Mēlani started her own museum reimagined her studio practice, and refined her innovative approach to community engagement, audience development, and exhibition design. Mēlani currently serves as a consultant on numerous projects. She is the East of the River Artist in Residence, A DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellow as well as a Humanities DC Fellow Her work has been highlighted by the New York Times, Atlas Obscura, Shondaland, Bmore Art, American Museum Alliance Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, Artnet, and National Geographic.