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Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, USA advocates, exhibits, and interprets visual art, with an emphasis on contemporary art. In addition to producing exhibitions, lectures, film series, publications, and a comprehensive website, the Halsey Institute serves as an extension of the undergraduate curricula at the College and as a cultural resource for the region. The Halsey Institute hosts between 5 and 7 exhibitions per year that highlight contemporary art by emerging and mid-career artists of national stature. All exhibitions are accompanied by programming such as lectures and gallery talks by artists and curators, commissioned films, and performance pieces.

Renée Stout is best known for her artistic explorations of vestigial retentions of African cultural traditions as manifested in contemporary America. For many years, the artist has used the alter ego Fatima Mayfield as a vehicle to role-play and confront such issues as romantic relationships, social ills, or financial woes in a way that is open, creative, and humorous.

Andrea Barnwell Brownlee serves as director of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.