THE ANTONIO CARREÑO ARTS FOUNDATION

HALIMA TAHA

 

is recognized throughout the Untied States as a leading authority on collecting African American art and arts management. For more than twenty years, she continues to contribute to the field as an appraiser, art advisor, educator and speaker. Author of best selling book, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas (Crown, 1/99 and Verve Editions 1/05) and Three Decades of American Printmaking: the Brandywine Collection (Hudson Hills Press, 10/04) Ms. Taha is a highly sought media personality and consultant. She was featured in USA Today and has appeared on many shows including Fox News,

 

Good Day New York and PBS, where her highly acclaimed book was featured as a choice membership incentive Her experience includes her leadership as an arts advocate and spokesperson, lecturer, former Managing Director and Art Gallery Owner, specializing in 20th Century art and photography.Her consulting expertise keeps her in demand and includes fine art appraising, private and corporate art collections development, visual and performing artist’s management, institutional public program planning and arts and education curriculum development.

 

Former member of the faculty of the College of New Rochelle, she is listed in the Annual Yearbook of Experts, Authorities and Spokespersons.She is committed to nurturing the development of American visual culture through institutional and private collections, arts in education programs and corporate campaigns, as a means of inviting audiences to discover new and exciting things about themselves and the society in which they live, through art.