Chairman of the Board, Allan Edmunds is the founder of the internationally respected Brandywine Workshop and Archives and interim executive director of the virtual Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Education and the Arts (IIDEEA), a collaborative venture of professionals in the visual arts, art education, and museums. He is also the current project director of IIDEEA's main project, Artura.org. Edmunds is an award-winning visual artist and art educator. With a Master's in Fine Art from Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University. His prints and collages are in significant museum collections where he has exhibited. Edmunds is a retired educator (high school and college) nationally recognized for his public art and community arts work as a lecturer, essayist, and contributor to numerous catalogs and other art publications. Over 48 years of professional activity as an organizational consultant and peer review panelist on city, state, and federal levels, he has advocated for support for artists from diverse communities.

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