Black and white headshot of principal, Maria Fenton, who is a multi-hyphenated artist: fashion designer, writer, producer, mixed media artist, poet. Ms. Fenton is also a fine arts professor at Howard University, CEO of Tag Arts Guild &  influencer.

Maria Fenton is a multi-hyphenate. Artist, speaker, fashion designer, filmmaker, producer, writer, activist and educator. She is the creative director of the House of EmmaEffa, a professor at the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University, a resident artist at the Gateway Media Arts Lab, wardrobe supervisor at the Dance Institute of Washington and writer/director/executive producer and principal artist for the collection of performing and visual art expressions within Softly Softly: Debunking the Myth of the Strong Black Woman. Born in London. Raised in New York and Boston. She is based in Washington, DC. Let’s work together.

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Maria Fenton is a multi-hyphenate. Artist, speaker, fashion designer, filmmaker, producer, writer, activist and educator. She is the creative director of the House of EmmaEffa, a professor at the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University, a resident artist at the Gateway Media Arts Lab, wardrobe supervisor at the Dance Institute of Washington and writer/director/executive producer and principal artist for the collection of performing and visual art expressions within Softly Softly: Debunking the Myth of the Strong Black Woman. Born in London. Raised in New York and Boston. She is based in Washington, DC. Let’s work together. 〰️