Leadership

Board Of Directors

  • LEA BLUMENFELD, Interim Chair – Librarian, 9-years

  • ANTHONY B. MITCHELL, Interim Vice Chair – Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), Langston Hughes Society of Pittsburgh, Ph.D Professor of African Studies, 8-years

  • BEKEZELA MGUNI, Secretary – Dreams of Hope, Program Manager, 6-years

  • TINA DANIELS – Concrete Rose Construction, Owner, 1-year

  • TIFFANY GARY-WEBB – University of Pittsburgh-School of Social Work, Associate Dean, 1-year

  • K. CHASE PATTERSON – Urban Academy Charter School, Chief Executive Officer, 1-year

  • KNOWLEDGE BUILD HUDSON – U.S. Department of Commerce, Federal Program Officer, 1-year

Our Executive Director

Erin Perry, Executive Director

Erin Perry, Executive Director

Since 2011, Erin Perry has been the executive director of the Legacy Arts Project. As a graduate of the Katz Graduate School of Business, she applies her academic training within a community setting, utilizing arts as a tool for transformation both individually as well as collectively. Miss Perry has been an active member of Legacy since 2005, participating as a member of the dance ensemble through present day. With an extensive background in teaching, Miss Perry has impacted children and adults from Wilkinsburg to Taiwan, teaching classes in English, Math, Photography, and Movement. As a mother of 3 growing children, two boys and a girl, her focus continues to be grounded in the upliftment of humanity through knowledge of self.

Funders

  • The Heinz Endowments

  • The Pittsburgh Foundation

  • Eden Hall Foundation

  • McElhattan Foundation

  • PA Humanities

  • PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency

  • Community Development Block Grant

  • Grable Foundation

  • The Opportunity Fund

  • PA Council on the Arts

  • Stauton Farms Foundation

  • Partner 4 Work

  • Allegheny County Department of Children’s Initiatives

Partners

At the Legacy Arts Project, we’re a part of a family of arts organizations that collaborate on performances, share office and studio space, swap resources, and more. Below are a few of the organizations that currently work with us. We’re always growing the list, so contact us to see how you can get involved.

  • Assemble

  • Pittsburgh Glass Center

  • WQED

  • Partner 4 Work

  • Ujamaa Collective

  • Pittsburgh Public Schools

  • URBAN Academy Greater Pittsburgh Charter School

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The Legacy Arts Project
7227 Tioga Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
info@legacyartsproject.org
412-452-3847 (Erin Perry)
412-607-8375 (Patricia Ford)