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You can make a difference
The success of Onyx Fine Arts Collective is the direct result of donations and involvement from the city of Seattle, local businesses, and community members like YOU.
Your generous support, participation, and donations to our non-profit help us continue to educate our community, inspire our peers, and showcase our artists. We welcome and appreciate any efforts made to support our mission and values and encourage you to continue to show up for artists and creatives in our community.
volunteer with us
We’re a voluntary, non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, inspire, cultivate, and showcase the artwork of artists of African descent from our Pacific Northwest communities.
Your support as a volunteer is invaluable in furthering our mission. By sharing your passion for the arts, you'll contribute significantly to our organization.
Benefits of volunteering
Support artists and the Onyx mission
Meet new people
Learn new skills
Share your professional expertise
Meet the artists
Support the organization with a variety of projects
Current volunteer opportunities
Community engagement and outreach
Web design
Social media
Fundraising
Gallery exhibit support
Gallery sitting
Grant writing
Marketing & communications
Event planning
Special events support
Editor/copy writer
Our volunteers
Onyx Fine Arts Collective thanks our Artists, Donors, Board of Directors, Volunteers, and Consulting Advisors for their dedication to our mission and the arts. Onyx could in no way manage the tremendous growth of the last 17 years and sustain our presence in the Pacific Northwest arts community without their contributions of time, donations, skill, knowledge, talent, and resources. Thank you all!
Almi Mansaray
Angelena McQuarter
Antoinette Reed
Ashanti Davis
Bernie Hall
Cos Anthony
Cynthia Hobbs
Di Fiara
Fin’es Scott
Jay Thompson
Katherine Williams
Kubi Thomas
Kyle Daigre Melendez
Lateefha Kennedy
Lee Kent
Leila Akan
Mary Fields
Mbumba Banda
Nate Lawery
Nia Kent
Nita Coby
Terence Kelley
Tsewone Melaku