T’Afo Arts
Charlotte, NC
T’Afo Feimster is a native of Stony Point, NC currently living in Charlotte NC. He is a graduate of North Carolina Central University in Durham NC, an IBM retiree, and currently, a full-time visual artist (T’Afo Arts Proprietor). He is the Founder and Executive Director of LATIBAH Collard Green Museum, a history museum, co-founder of ADEPT Artists Inc., a 501 c [3] non-profit organization, founder and director of The Front Porch Theater Group that performs historical re-enactments of significant events in black history, and developer and facilitator of TACT (The Art of Creative Thinking), a personal development and retention workshop.
T’Afo has over 40 years of experience in arts. As a visual artist during this time, he has mastered many different art techniques, creating a wide variety of canvasses. Over the last 30 years, T’Afo’s paintings and sculptures have been displayed in shows and galleries throughout the Northeast and Southeast region of the United States, and the Caribbeans where he lived for three years. He has been featured in many local and regional magazines, newspapers and on numerous television programs. He has been the featured opening artist for several nationally and internationally known artists such as the late Selma Burke and an actor in the PBS special “God In America”. Over the years he has received awards, recognitions, and honorable mentions not only for his artistic disciplines but his community involvement with the arts and Black History. His spiritual nature, driven by a deep and sensitive desire to create and educate, has inspired, and motivated him to be the diverse professional artist and cultural educator that he is today.
For the past several years, T’Afo’s artistic focus has been on creating artistic installations and exhibits for the LATIBAH Collard Green Museum.