OUR STORY
Pigment International® is a Black woman founded and led multi-media platform reporting on the art, people, issues, trends, and events shaping Black contemporary art and examining the linkages connecting historical and contemporary Black art. Founded in 2018 in Chicago, Pigment serves as a connector within our community of Black creators, collectors, curators, investors, and other stakeholders. We are conveners, bringing together the Black art ecosystem for inspiring, cross generational dialogue. We are the publishers of Pigment Magazine and founders of Black Fine Art Month®. At Pigment International we tell stories!
Pigment International was created because we believe in the symbiotic relationships between the artist, the curator and the collector. Their stories are a ‘collective’ designed to showcase the Black contribution to the art world.
We write about artists’ motivations and how their love of Black culture inspired them to create their work. At Pigment what we know for sure is that our art tells our stories. From the messages sewn into quilts to help guide runaways; to primitive folk art created by slaves, to works that tout our cultural significance and celebrate our sheros and heroes. We at Pigment know that while Black art may be trending, it has and never will be trendy.
OUR TEAM
Patricia Andrews-Keenan, Founder/CEO
Patricia Andrews-Keenan is the founder of Pigment International™, a Black woman-founded and led multi-media platform reporting on the art, people, issues, trends, and events shaping Black contemporary art and examining the linkages connecting historical and contemporary Black art.
Further, she is the publisher of the award-winning Pigment Magazine established in 2018. The coffee table ready publication’s content is informed by the organization's travels across the U.S. and to pivotal art events including the Venice Biennale and the 1-54 Art Fair in Morocco.
Andrews-Keenan is a former communications executive with extensive corporate communications, public relations, advertising and community affairs and event management experience. She received her BA in Journalism from Grambling State University and a certificate in Executive Leadership from UCLA.
Phyliss North, CFO
Phyliss North is a co-founder of Pigment International and serves as its Chief Operating Officer. She works in tandem with the CEO on the organization’s finances, budget, exhibition schedules and e-commerce.
Phyliss North of North By Northwest Consulting is a 30-year veteran of the hospitality industry with extensive experience spanning sales, revenue management, guest services, hotel operations and e-commerce. She held positions of increasing responsibility within major hotel chains across the country including Hilton Worldwide, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Wyndham International.
North founded North by North West to provide intelligent, creative, and sustainable solutions that elevate brands throughout the global hospitality supply chain. Her company's services focus on accelerating performance through inventory accuracy, visibility, price management, global compliance, and brand protection and security management.
OUR TEAM
Patricia Andrews-Keenan, Founder/CEO
Patricia Andrews-Keenan is the founder of Pigment International™, a Black woman-founded and led multi-media platform reporting on the art, people, issues, trends, and events shaping Black contemporary art and examining the linkages connecting historical and contemporary Black art.
Further, she is the publisher of the award-winning Pigment Magazine established in 2018. The coffee table ready publication’s content is informed by the organization's travels across the U.S. and to pivotal art events including the Venice Biennale and the 1-54 Art Fair in Morocco.
Andrews-Keenan is a former communications executive with extensive corporate communications, public relations, advertising and community affairs and event management experience. She received her BA in Journalism from Grambling State University and a certificate in Executive Leadership from UCLA.
Patricia Andrews-Keenan, Founder/CEO
Phyliss North is a co-founder of Pigment International and serves as its Chief Operating Officer. She works in tandem with the CEO on the organization’s finances, budget, exhibition schedules and e-commerce.
Phyliss North of North By Northwest Consulting is a 30-year veteran of the hospitality industry with extensive experience spanning sales, revenue management, guest services, hotel operations and e-commerce. She held positions of increasing responsibility within major hotel chains across the country including Hilton Worldwide, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Wyndham International.
North founded North by North West to provide intelligent, creative, and sustainable solutions that elevate brands throughout the global hospitality supply chain. Her company's services focus on accelerating performance through inventory accuracy, visibility, price management, global compliance, and brand protection and security management.
OUR WORK
In 2018, when we founded Pigment International it was with the firm belief that storytelling about Black art mattered. We believed that we needed to tell the story of the Black art ecosystem - the artists, collectors, curators and hustling entrepreneurs that make it work.
And here we are seven years later and that investment in Black art storytelling is manifesting in a myriad of opportunities for the Black artists, gallerists and others we’ve been fortunate to have joined us on this journey.
Our storytelling is an investment in the Black art ecosystem you can’t afford to miss.
We produce the following:
Pigment Newsletter
A digital newsletter with original and aggregated content sent weekly via Constant Contact to 10K recipients. The newsletter garners an average 47% open rate
ART
A quarterly pageable digital magazine that features original stories about Black artists and galleries.
Pigment Magazine
This printed glossy, oversized magazine is Pigment International’s flagship publication produced annually. The magazine received numerous OZZIE Award nominations and won for “Best Cover Design” for a magazine under 250K subscribers in 2020.
Black Gallery Guide +
A printed resource listing Black owned galleries across the world, Black led museums and arts organization and resources for the Black fine art community. Each issue profiles a Black gallery owner.
Black Canvas
A Black art and culture podcast
Pigment Newsletter
A digital newsletter with original and aggregated content sent weekly via Constant Contact to 10K recipients. The newsletter garners an average 47% open rate
ART
A quarterly pageable digital magazine that features original stories about Black artists and galleries.
Pigment Magazine
This printed glossy, oversized magazine is Pigment International’s flagship publication produced annually. The magazine received numerous OZZIE Award nominations and won for “Best Cover Design” for a magazine under 250K subscribers in 2020.
Black Gallery Guide +
A printed resource listing Black owned galleries across the world, Black led museums and arts organization and resources for the Black fine art community. Each issue profiles a Black gallery owner.
Black Canvas
A Black art and culture podcast
OUR PARTNERS & SPONSORS
