Creator/Director of The Free Black Women’s Library
Ola is an interdisciplinary artist and Set Decorator for film and TV. She is also the Creator/Director of The Free Black Women’s Library, a Black Feminist/Womanist art project based in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. This literary hub and community care space features a collection of 5000 books written by Black women & Black non-binary writers, free public programs, a virtual Reading Club, and a weekly book swap.
She has received artist fellowships and residencies from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Women’s Studio Workshop, BRIC Arts, Baldwin For The Arts, The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Shop, and the Metropolitan Museum. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Hyperallergic, Teen Vogue, and BUST magazine. She is a proud mom, union member, cultural worker, busybody, book fairy, plant fiend, and dance machine.