United Arts Council

(Transition planning for African American Cultural Festival) Raleigh, NC

JOMA serves as counsel, guide and facilitator for the AACF as it defines its vision, purpose and transition to autonomy,

North Carolina Arts Council

(Technical Assistance Provider to 4 organizations), Raleigh, NC

Sub contract with MH Consulting.

Arts and Science Council

(Key Consultant, Cultural Innovation Fund and Board Development with associate organization, 2010 to present), Charlotte, NC

JOMA Arts&Consulting, LLC assisted in the building and developing of the Board, which was determined to be the critical need for the consulting engagement. Several tactics were then organized (and some implemented) on a December 2007 to April 2008 time-frame, under the strategy of Board Recruitment. JOMA's capabilities for the Arts and Science Council include the development of a better board, define how to raise money beyond public funds, as well as build a strategy for audience growth. 

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Africana Studies

(Pilot Research Project, 2010 to 2011), Charlotte, NC

JOMA Arts&Consulting, LLC was contracted by the Africana Studies Department to conduct a pilot documentation of the social, economic, cultural, and aesthetic (arts) resources of the New African Diaspora (NAD) in Charlotte, with emphasis on African and Caribbean immigrants. JOMA shaped and guided the overall pilot research interview process, from September 2010 through January 2011. The strategy to achieve the research goal was: a) Provide preliminary demographic information for the NAD in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, b) Develop initial profile of the cultural, social, economic, and aesthetic (arts) resources of NAD in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area.

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Nebraska Arts Council

(Organizational development workshop & organizational mini-assessments, 2010 to 2011), Omaha, NE

In November of 2010, the NAC – through its Strategies for Success program - selected JOMA Arts&Consulting, LLC to deliver: 1) an introductory telephone conversation, 2) a “plenary” workshop, and 3) a one-on-one session leading to internal diagnosis for selected organizations.  JOMA’s task was to analyze the organization in specific operational and management areas.

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Cumberland County Playhouse

(Fundraising and Program strategist, 2009 to 2010), Crossville, TN 

JOMA was engaged, with Tennessee Arts Commission support, to facilitate a visioning session in August of 2009, and to lead further discussion and planning over the course of a year, aimed towards multi-year, multi-cultural and multi-disciplined project.

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Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) is a state agency founded in 1966 to foster the excellence, diversity, and vitality of the arts in Pennsylvania and to broaden the availability and appreciation of those arts throughout the state. Preserving Diverse Cultures (PDC) Division is a Council Initiative that supports the development of organizations whose mission is deeply rooted in and reflective of the African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American perspectives.

JOMA Arts&Consulting, LLC serves as Senior Consultant to the PCA providing management support to various projects within PDC such as:

• Managing a Positive Financial Plan Pilot

• Research, assess and evaluate the overall operations of Preserving Diverse Cultures division.

• Strategy and management of the Biennial Conference

Further, the Open Dialogue X was a conference that was held for the 20th Anniversary of The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) in Pittsburgh, PA. Although Open Dialogue was convened as a TAAC project; the planning, coordination, and implementation was approached as a partnership bewtween TAAC and PCA-PDC.

JOMA Arts&Consulting, LLC played a large role in aiding to organize the conference. JOMA also contributed in developing ways of funding for the ODX.

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August Wilson Center for African American Culture

JOMA Arts&Consulting, LLC implemented a process to facilitate a structured discussion on the August Wilson Culutral Center's Usage, resources, and role as an artistic /economic model for the community. The goal of the meeting was to enhance August Wilson Cultural Center's knowledge about the artistic needs of local organizations, and in particular, how these needs might be met through the utilization of the August Wilson Cultural Center's planned new facility.
The results of the convening concluded in seven recommendations to the staff and Board of the August Wilson Cultural Center as solutions/strategies they could use to move forward. Among other things, these recommendations include reporting, programming and audience development.

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National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

From Sept 10th -12th, 2008 John Moore, Principal of JOMA Arts&Consulting, LLC, facilitated the Deputy Director peer session discussions on various management and leadership topics. These meetings gave the Deputy/Assistant Director staff member the chance to network, share ideas and exchange perspectives with friends and colleagues.

NASAA conferences occur annually in a pre-determined city. They provide essential education, networking and leadership opportunities for state arts agency staff and volunteers. Designed to both inform and inspire, the agenda includes briefing sessions as well as workshops, featured artists and speakers.

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I Once Was Lost
A SCRIPT-IN-PROCESS

It is the memoir/testimony of young man who moved from a “charmed life“, to utter hopelessness and destitution, and then to, miraculously, grace and redemption.  It is a true story, fully documented through prison/jail records, hospital/treatment center records, and school records. 

Told in vivid detail of his travels through college, graduate and medical school and charging forward to a drug induced downward spiral.  His addiction, the attendant consequences were massive and lasted for years.   The horrors of family abuse, stolen money, shoplifting, stolen checks, loss of integrity and self-respect and - on and on and on ….  But it did end, finally.  And through it all, he kept his sanity and had softer landing than he deserved.  It is a story of love, faith and family in the face of sheer insanity.

I Once Was Lost is currently being edited and could evolve into a book and ultimately a commercial film.

From med school to crack addict, an ex-con works his way back to sobriety