{"id":2283,"date":"2023-08-09T10:12:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/?page_id=2283"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:57:59","slug":"previous-fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/programs\/fellowships-and-residencies\/previous-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2022-2023 Fellows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Living History Fellow (Elder-in-Residence)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Deborah Mason<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Deborah Mason, affectionately known as \u201cMama\u00a0Debbie,\u201d directs the Sankofa Children\u2019s Museum of African Cultures, and was one of the first female journeyman carpenters in Maryland. During her time as an Elder in Residence, she worked with HBCU Oral History Fellow Dana Green to curate her life history archive called, \u201cBaltimore through the Eyes of Deborah Brooks Mason.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0She also served as a co-curator for “The Colors of Pontella Mason” exhibition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Community Arts Fellow (Artist-in-Residence)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Brinae Ali<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandria \u201cBrinae Ali\u201d Bradley was born and raised in Flint, Michigan and is an interdisciplinary artist who believes in using the power of the arts to transform the conditions of the human spirit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinae has served as the artistic director of Tapology, Inc. in Flint, MI, Fourth Wall Arts Salon, and Sound and Movement, LLC in Philadelphia. She has also partnered and served as a teaching artist with organizations such as Ping Chong and Company, NJPAC, Moving History in Baltimore, and the Apollo Theater Education Department.  She has also received awards for Best Short Play at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival for her one woman show \u201cSteps\u201d and the Vox Populi Independence Music Award for \u201cDestination Forever: Vol.1 EP.\u201d Her broadway and off-broadway experience include Shuffle Along<\/em> and STOMP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her time as an Artist in Residence, Brinae Ali worked diligently on The Baby Laurence Legacy Project<\/em>, an archival\/performative process that has birthed an integrated work of jazz tap dance and jazz music that investigates and celebrates the artistic and social influences that \u201cBaby Laurence\u201d Donald Jackson had on the culture of Tap Dance and Jazz Music. Currently, Brinae is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory, co-creator of a work in progress with trumpeter Sean Jones called \u201cDizzy Spellz\u201d, a member of the Baltimore Jazz Collective, and cultural ambassador for diplomacy through the lense of Hip Hop culture as an artist in residence with Next Level-USA  in partnership with the U.S. Department of State Education and Cultural Affairs, the University of North Carolina, and the Meridian International Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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