Welcome to East of the River Artists Directory
The vision and establishment of this website is motivated by the clear and apparent need for creative professionals representative of under resourced communities but providing excellent creative services to have increased opportunities for economic development and enhanced access to artistic supports, services and information. This website was created and is managed by East of the River Artists.
If you are a buyer, business owner, have personal artistic interests, and/or are seeking quality artistic and creative services, we invite you to explore our directory of artists, arts organizations and creative enterprises to find what you have been looking for. Here you will find video biographies, picture galleries and information about artists you may be interested in working with.
If you are an East of the River artist, arts organization or creative enterprise, we invite you to utilize this vehicle to build lucrative relationships with the local, national, and international arts and creative enterprise community. Our goal is to connect you with the resources and exposure that artists may need to succeed; we hope that our efforts will assist with your success in the creative economy.
Featured Artists
JHI Foster Bey, Multi Disciplined Artist, Art Instructor
JHI is a very dynamic multi disciplined artist who often addresses social issues in his work. He has contributed to the lives of many youth East of the River and throughout the District as a mentor, youth program coordinator and arts instructor. His story is very inspiring.
Omékongo Dibinga, Poet, Author, Educator
Rick Freeman, Narrative Painter
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Omékongo Dibinga is a Les Brown Platinum Motivational Speaker, diversity educator, trilingual poet, CNN contributor, and positive rapper. He is the Founder and CEO of Free Your Mind Publishing. His Urban Music Award winning work has best been described by Nikki Giovanni as "outstanding, exciting, and new while being very old." His book, 
Rik Freeman was born in Athens, GA in 1956, and began his professional career as an Artist/Muralist in Washington, DC in 1989, where he has painted numerous murals throughout the metropolitan area. Including his most recent commissions Shaw Rhythms, in 2003 for the new Washington Convention Center Washington, DC and Arl@200, in 2002 at the Arlington County Courthouse Arlington, VA.