Isaka Shamsud-Din

Isaka Shamsud-Din is an artist, educator, and activist who has been capturing the lives, histories, and cultures of African American and African diaspora peoples in his paintings, drawings, murals, teachings, and community projects for most of his 77 years.

More information will be coming soon.

Isaka is working on a project he considers his most important work, his legacy: his Juneteenth Calendar, featuring his art and scholarship. We're running a crowd-funding campaign to raise the money to publish the calendar, form a non-profit, create a companion website, develop related educational and community programs, and keep it going in future years. Calendars will be delivered to supporters and also available for retail sale starting on Black Friday, November 23. Other fantastic perks are on offer. Anyone interested in ordering quantities of 12 or greater can contact studio@isakashamsuddin.com for possible quantity discounts.

To provide ongoing support to Isaka, become his patron at http://patreon.com/isaka. See a list of current patrons below. Thanks to you all—you're helping turn this idea into reality!

Gratitude and praise to these generous, supportive, and visionary patrons of Shamsud-Din Studio and this work.

• Arlene Schnitzer, The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation; core sponsor, Juneteenth Calendar
• Teressa Raiford, Don't Shoot Portland (soon to grow into The Children's Art and Social Justice Council!) director; 2020 candidate for Portland Mayor; fiscal sponsor, Juneteenth Calendar
• Victor Maldonado, "dean of inclusion," Pacific Northwest College of Art; assistant professor, foundation, media arts, studio arts
• Matt Letzelter, Director, Watershed; associate professor, printmaking, Pacific Northwest College of Art; fine art sponsor, Juneteenth Calendar
• and just in...Morel Ink—Scott Ballo & Ben Wood—printing sponsor of the Juneteenth Calendar!
• and Tiffany Burnette, designhype; design sponsor, Juneteenth Calendar

These individuals and organizations are collaborators, supporters, and friends who sustain this work 🙏

Thanks to the Patreon Patrons who helped start and keep this whole thing rolling!