The Arts League of Michigan is a community based arts organization supported by a 20-member Board of Trustees comprised of business, civic, faith-based and community leaders along with a Community Advisory Council of more than 150 members and hundreds of volunteers.

Through visionary leadership and strategic planning, the Arts League has developed an innovative business model that uses partnerships and collaborations to attract new audiences and to create new "products," i.e. exhibitions, performances, and programs in our home, the Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center in Paradise Valley.

The Arts League of Michigan is committed to being the premier
African and African American cultural arts center in the nation.

Through continuous growth, development and strategic direction, The Arts League has evolved into an organization with a clear mission to be a "Center which develops, promotes, presents and preserves the African and African American cultural arts traditions within our multicultural community." The Arts League is recognized as a leadership organization offering a variety of cultural arts programs, services and activities for both artists and audiences. No small feat for an organization with very humble beginnings but an expansive passion for serving and supporting the cultural arts.

Developing - Presenting - Promoting - Preserving

Oliver C. Ragsdale, Jr. - President
Dianne Bradley, Operations Manager
Felicia Williams, Program Manager for Education
Faye Carotthers, Program. Manager for Visual Arts and Events
Mattie Majors, Director of Marketing and Community Relations
Anna McPhee, Program Coordinator

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