Our Team

Credit: Jill Fannon

Deyane Moses, Director & Curator

Deyane Moses (she/her) is a veteran, artist, activist, educator, and archivist based in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the Maryland Institute College of Art (BFA Photography ‘19 and MFA Curatorial Practice ‘21).

Her work and research interests include photography, Black History, community archives, and design. In 2019, she made history by exposing the racist history of her alama mater MICA. Her archive, exhibition, and demonstration caused the president to issue a letter of apology for their racist past. It has also galvanized art institutions across the nation to confront their pasts. 

Deyane is currently the Director of Programs and Partnerships at Afro Charities. Inc. She also founded Blackives, LLC in 2020 to provide Black communities with research, archival expertise, and design services. When in session, Deyane also teaches Exhibition Development Seminar and graduate elective Archival Activism at the Maryland Institute College of Art. 

In 2021, Deyane was chosen as the Community Archives Fellow for Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday for Liberation Arts. And has held positions at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Aperture Foundation in NYC, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Walters Art Museum, and the University of Baltimore Special Collections. She is frequently requested to speak at universities, conferences, organization meetings, and individuals across the state about not only best practices for preserving Black History but mobilizing communities around the acknowledgment and celebration of our accomplishments.  

Deyane is an active member of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and served on the governing board of Baltimore Speaks–an ADHOC Oral History Collaborative. She is also a member of Mid-Atlantic Region Archives Conference (MARAC), Association of African American Museums (AAAM), the Association of Museum Curators, the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), and other Baltimore History and Culture Collaboratives.

Aleem Allison, Curatorial Assistant

Aleem Allison’s passion for history, cultural heritage, and museums sparked his journey into museology. A native of Detroit, Michigan, his early experiences with art and museums were shaped by growing up on military bases across Europe and Asia, offering him a uniquely global perspective. A recent graduate of Morgan State University’s Museum Studies and Historical Preservation graduate program, Allison served as the 2024–2025 Elizabeth Talford Scott Community Initiative graduate intern and graduate teaching assistant. He also participated in the 2024 Alliance of HBCU Museums and Galleries Student Internship in Practical Conservation, a partnership with the University of Delaware.

His expertise in institutional research, exhibition planning, art conservation, and museum education has contributed to exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Cryor Art Gallery, Museum School of Avondale Estates, and the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. As a U.S. Air Force veteran, educator, and global traveler, Allison brings a distinctive ability to connect and blend cultural communities within museum spaces.

Beverly Carter, Advisor

Beverly B. Carter, Esq is a retired Maryland attorney. She served as an administrator in various agencies within the state’s criminal justice system, most recently as Court Administrator for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. She is a past or current member of the board of directors for numerous civic, professional, philanthropic, and governmental associations including Monumental City Bar Foundation, Afro American Newspapers, Afro Charities and the Baltimore City Planning Commission. She was selected as a member of Maryland’s Top 100 Women and is a graduate of The Leadership Baltimore program.

Mrs. Carter has a passionate interest in African American art, history, and culture. She owned and operated Objets D’Art, an art gallery that showcased the work of local and national African American artists. She served on the board of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and various committees of Baltimore’s established arts institutions. Her current projects include serving as Historian for the Dubois Circle, an African American women’s group in Baltimore, which has been meeting continuously since it was organized in 1906 to support the activities of W. E. B. Dubois’ Niagara Movement. She also serves on the board of the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project, Inc whose mission is to uncover the forgotten past of the thousands of African Americans who remain buried under a shopping center on Belair Road in Baltimore.