Cleaster Cotton is a Nubian American Painter, photographer, ALNUGE Inventor, author, educator, and master teaching artist. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where her mother introduced her to Cubism, paving the way for her invention of ALNUGE [al-new-gee] (ALphabets NUmbers GEometrics).
Cleaster’s work and contributions in Arts and Academic Education reaches across the USA and abroad. Her service includes the Westchester Arts Council, High Museum of Art, Georgia Council for the Arts, Museum of Design Atlanta, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville City Schools Foundation, LEAF in Schools and Streets, and several Boards of Education. Cleaster has taught thousands of (K-12) children, facilitated professional development workshops for hundreds of teachers and community professionals. Cleaster serves on the Board of Directors for LEAF as a cultural conservationist, artist, and advocate for children, STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics) education, and the arts for arts sake.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well with Cleaster as she shares about her social justice work regarding cultural sensitivity and racial equity. She also hared about her powerful new public art installation, “Going to Market” located in the heart of the former African American business district known as The Block.
Living Well with Cleaster Cotton on AshevilleFM, August 19, 2019
