Courtney Clark

Courtney Clark is a native of the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and has worked as an artist, school teacher, community food justice organizer, mental health advocate, throughout her eclectic career. During the start of the Covid-19 pandemic she has taken her art to the sewing machine making creative masks, and donating over 250 masks in 2020 to anyone who needed them. Clark is an alumnus of YA/YA Inc. Clark has worked for over 30 years to continue the success of the art programs, mentoring young artists and sharing her knowledge of art and business. She has led workshops on starting art programs and consulted existing programs in Anniston, AL, Nashville, TN, and Marin County, CA.