Janera Solomon has extensive experience with artistic, educational and cultural programming and management. An experienced curator, Ms. Solomon has worked with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival (2006 & 2007), and developed the “First Voice International Black Performing Arts Festival” produced by the August Wilson Center for African American Culture (Pittsburgh, 2007). An experienced planning consultant, she’s worked on a range of cultural projects including: content development and programming for Museum of the African Diaspora (San Francisco); planning and project management, August Wilson Center for African American History & Culture (Pittsburgh); audience development/branding, Brooklyn Museum of Art (New York); and most recently program planning, the National Museum for African American History and Culture currently underdevelopment in Washington DC. Janera also has extensive experience in arts education. She is currently the Executive Director of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, a multi-arts center, located in Pittsburgh, PA.