ABOUT – HBCU ART HAUS

For Artists

Where HBCU Artists Build Careers and Collectors Discover Them

We manage the business, so HBCU artists can create full-time. HBCU collector community discovers emerging artists before the market does, not after.

Founded by Joshua Brome, Tennessee State University alumnus and former landscape photographer and performance artist.

he Black art world has built incredible platforms for visibility. Artists get featured. Work gets shared. Stories go viral. That’s essential—but it’s not infrastructure. And it doesn’t pay the bills.

For ten years, I watched the pattern repeat with the most talented HBCU artists. They finally get their breakthrough moment—posts go viral, thousands of views turn into hundreds of shares, collectors start reaching out, galleries inquire, commissions roll in.

Then the crash.

Emails pile up. Contracts go unsigned. Deadlines slip. Residency applications sit unsubmitted. Group exhibitions that should have launched careers fade into silence—no press, no follow-up, no sales.

The viral moment became a trap. The bigger the wave, the harder they drowned in it.

Many ended up worse off than before the breakthrough—burned out, disillusioned, back to odd jobs, wondering if visibility was worth the wreckage.

The breaking point came when I saw this pattern destroy too many brilliant HBCU-trained artists I knew personally. The talent was undeniable. The audience was there. The demand was real.

What was missing was the professional infrastructure to ride the wave instead of being crushed by it.

Where HBCU Artists Build Careers and Collectors Discover Them

What This Looks Like in Practice

We handle the grant writing, contract negotiation, opportunity sourcing, residency tracking, exhibition follow-up, and administrative load. So when your work finally breaks through, you don’t lose the momentum—you build on it.

We manage the business, so HBCU artists can create full-time.

Ready to turn your next viral moment into your next chapter?

For Collectors

Join the HBCU Collector Community

HBCU collector community discovers emerging artists before the market does, not after.

Every artist featured on HBCU Art Haus represents decades of institutional excellence. We document their journeys, share their stories, and notify you when new work becomes available.

You’re not just collecting art. You’re joining a community building cultural wealth through HBCU talent.

Community of HBCU alumni and supporters building collections together
Quarterly artist profiles and HBCU art history
First access to emerging work before wider market discovery
Behind-the-scenes artist stories and creative process
Connection to emerged artists (Ernie Barnes, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett) and emerging artists carrying their legacy

The artists you’ll discover here have trained at Hampton, North Carolina Central, Florida A&M, Tuskegee, Texas Southern, Howard, Spelman, Morehouse, Tennessee State, Clark Atlanta, Fisk, and more. Their work deserves your walls and your investment.

Join the HBCU Collector Community

Discover emerging artists before the market does.