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Ms. Afrika Abney first became a professional visual art consultant in 1992 when she was invited to participate in the Congresswoman’s Art Competition.
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Ms. Abney has had the opportunity to provide services for small businesses, community centers, schools, and non profit organizations such as the New Harlem Gallery,Wisteria ArtSpace, Emma Mae Gallery,Phillips Collection,The Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Anacostia Art Gallery and Boutique, Esther Productions, Inc, Higher Achievement, Young Playwrights’ Theatre(YPT), The Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C., DC International School – DCI , Mundo Verde Public Charter School, and many others as a professional visual artist and art consultant.
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Ms. Abney is a recipient of the Arts in Education Grant from the DC Commissions on the Arts and Humanities from 1995 – 1998. She has conducted several visual art workshops to children which were entitled: Kuumba Arts and Crafts Program (1995-1998) and Kuumba Expressions Visual Art Workshops (2015 and 2016).

Her abstract paintings and collages have been exhibited widely across the East Coast, including at Emma Mae Gallery (Washington, DC), The New Harlem Gallery (New York City, New York), Wisteria ArtSpace (New York City, New York), Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), Market 5 Gallery (Washington, DC), The Phillips Collection (Washington, DC) and Dupont Society (Washington, DC). Some of Ms. Abney’s art collectors include: Renee Winfield and Esther Productions, Inc.

She provided numerous services for many events. Some of the events that she promoted include Annual BZB Gift and Art Show, National Daddy Daughter Reunion Tour, Building Families in the 21st Century, The Gift, Daughters Speak Out, Sip, Paint and Reflect, PaintSpiration: Reflect and Paint!, Spring Cleaning: Mind, Body and Spirit, The Fatherless Daughters Speak Out, Esther Productions, Inc Butterfly Series, Inside Job: The Art of Personal Essay Writing (Workshop for Teens), Inside Job: The Art of Personal Essay Writing (Workshop Sequel for Teens), Reconciliation Week, Joy Jones’ Double Dutch, Writing Institute for Teens, Teens Authors Talk, Understanding and Overcoming Fatherless Daughter Syndrome, The Power of Poetry in You, Women Are Poetry in Motion Every Day in Every Way, Kaleidoscope: A Writing Club, Winners Circle, Soaring Sisters Circle, Me, Myself and Our Story: Creative Writing Institute for Young Ladies, Me, Myself and Our Story: The Art of the Personal Essay, A Writing Workshop for Girls,Me, Myself and Our Story: The Art of Memoir, Part 1, Discovering Me…Without You: An Annual Personal Essay Contest,African Americans and Children’s Literature: A Symposium and Exhibition, and AACL Tour.

​Ms. Abney has exhibited several of her abstract paintings during the virtual art exhibition and poetry reading that took place on February 19, 2023 and had some of her art exhibited during the National Daughter Daddy Tour which took place at National City Christian Church in Washington, D.C from 2004 – 2006. On August 13, 2022, Ms. Abney donated several abstract collages and paintings to Esther Productions, Inc.​
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Additionally, Esther Productions, Inc purchased one of Ms. Abney’s abstract paintings on June 23, 2023 and on December 3, 2023, Esther Productions, Inc purchased two abstract paintings created by Ms. Abney.

She specializes in creating abstract collages, paintings, original greeting cards, and photography.

Ms. Abney is currently working on branding her background as a professional visual artist and art consultant using creative strategies.