WHO WE ARE

CrownKeepers cultivates a thriving creative ecosystem where underrepresented artists and emerging creatives have the resources, relationships, knowledge, and opportunities to thrive.

Founded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2015, we work at the intersection of Art, Community, and Education—creating platforms for artistic expression, strengthening connections, developing creative entrepreneurs, and expanding pathways to sustainable creative lives.

Our work is rooted in a simple belief: creativity deserves to be valued, resourced, and given room to grow.

OUR MISSION

CrownKeepers empowers underrepresented artists and emerging creatives through art, community and education, as well as by providing the resources, relationships, knowledge and opportunities needed to build sustainable creative lives and lasting impact.

OUR PILLARS
ART >>> We create platforms where artists can make, share, experiment, and be celebrated for their work.
COMMUNITY >>> We cultivate relationships, belonging, collaboration, and access because creative ecosystems are built together.
EDUCATION >>> We equip creatives with knowledge, tools, mentorship, and experiences that help transform talent and ideas into sustainable possibilities.

WHY CROWNKEEPERS

We aren’t observing the creative journey from the outside. We’ve lived it.

CrownKeepers is led by artists, creative entrepreneurs, educators, and community builders who understand, firsthand, both the possibility and the challenges of pursuing a creative life.

For more than a decade, our team has worked alongside Charlotte's creative community—producing experiences, supporting artists, connecting creatives to opportunities, developing partnerships, advocating for resources, and creating spaces where ideas can become action.

That lived experience shapes how we lead. We listen before we build. We collaborate rather than prescribe. And we create with—not simply for—the communities we serve.

WHO WE ARE

CrownKeepers cultivates a thriving creative ecosystem where underrepresented artists and emerging creatives have the resources, relationships, knowledge, and opportunities to thrive.

Founded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2015, we work at the intersection of Art, Community, and Education—creating platforms for artistic expression, strengthening connections, developing creative entrepreneurs, and expanding pathways to sustainable creative lives.

Our work is rooted in a simple belief: creativity deserves to be valued, resourced, and given room to grow.

OUR MISSION

CrownKeepers empowers underrepresented artists and emerging creatives through art, community and education, as well as by providing the resources, relationships, knowledge and opportunities needed to build sustainable creative lives and lasting impact.

OUR PILLARS

ART >>> We create platforms where artists can make, share, experiment, and be celebrated for their work.

COMMUNITY >>> We cultivate relationships, belonging, collaboration, and access because creative ecosystems are built together.

EDUCATION >>> We equip creatives with knowledge, tools, mentorship, and experiences that help transform talent and ideas into sustainable possibilities.

WHY CROWNKEEPERS

We aren’t observing the creative journey from the outside. We’ve lived it.

CrownKeepers is led by artists, creative entrepreneurs, educators, and community builders who understand, firsthand, both the possibility and the challenges of pursuing a creative life.

For more than a decade, our team has worked alongside Charlotte's creative community—producing experiences, supporting artists, connecting creatives to opportunities, developing partnerships, advocating for resources, and creating spaces where ideas can become action.

That lived experience shapes how we lead. We listen before we build. We collaborate rather than prescribe. And we create with—not simply for—the communities we serve.

Trust is not something we claim. It is something we continue to earn through action.

THE TEAM

THE BOARD

Davita Galloway: Board President (acting Executive Director) + Co-Founder

Dion Galloway: Operations + Co-Founder

Jay Reitzes: Finances

Damali Archie: Programs

STAFF

Jazzi Goode (Contractor): Program Assistant

Nia Williams (Contractor): Program Assistant

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