Community Artist Collective. I am so honored that Michelle Barnes, co-founder and director of the nonprofit art space Community Artists’ Collective, invited me to show my work there. The Collective was established by Ms. Barnes, artist, educator and gallerist, and Dr. Sarah Trotty, artist and educator at Texas Southern University in 1985, to meet the needs of professional African American artists. It aims “to promote and preserve for all people evidence of African American cultural traditions.” In addition to exhibitions, it focuses its efforts on arts education for youth and adults, entrepreneurship, and community development. At present, its space in the Bermac Building in Houston includes exhibition space, the Jubilee Quilt Circle, and a small shop area.