Jessica Stafford Davis is the founder of The Agora Culture, LLC a national online multi-cultural arts platform that supports emerging artists of color and collectors through educational programming, art salons and its annual Art on the Vine art fair and residency program in Matha’s Vineyard. Her mission to highlight African-American artists extends into various curatorial projects including the exhibition, RECLAMATION of Jon-Serie Goff’s work in collaboration with the Middleburg Film Festival and By The People, the international arts and dialogue festival by Halcyon this past June. Jessica is the 2018 and first recipient of the Arena Stage Emerging Leader Award.