CONTACT & INQUIRIEs

Sittings, spatial deployments, and educational engagements are conducted strictly by advance appointment. Please select the primary nature of your inquiry below to initiate an institutional dialogue, editorial commission, or patron endowment.

STUDIO INQUIRIES & COMMISSION FEASIBILITY

To preserve material rigor and complete directorial focus, the studio accepts a strictly limited calendar of formal portrait sittings, editorial commissions, and museum-grade spatial deployments annually. Projects are evaluated on conceptual alignment and operational feasibility.

RESPONSE PROTOCOL & STUDIO AVAILABILITY

Inquiries are reviewed weekly. Institutional commissions, patron endowments, and spatial deployments receive a formal response within 24–48 business hours. For time-sensitive editorial or curatorial deadlines, please note your production timeline directly in the project overview.

FOR THE CULTURE | GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

In the tradition of our ancestors, mentors, and artistic collaborators, the studio maintains four fully subsidized, patron-endowed initiatives to ensure large-format portraiture, spatial deployments, and visual literacy remain accessible to scholars, working artists, civic assemblies, and public classrooms.

Please note: Applications for subsidized initiatives are administered through their dedicated portals below. Requests submitted through the general studio inquiry form cannot be considered.

Select your initiative to apply:

THE MARY DEAN WILEY SCHOLAR PORTRAIT GRANT

(Seasonal Patron & Alumni Fellowships | April 1 – July 15)

Named in honor of Mary Dean Wiley, this seasonal initiative provides fully endowed academic sittings for graduating scholars, advanced degree candidates, and first-generation graduates from strategically-undervalued communities.

— APPLY FOR THE MARY DEAN WILEY SCHOLAR PORTRAIT GRANT

THE RICARDO & BERNADET PITTS-WILEY COMMUNITY PORTRAIT GRANT

(Monthly Studio Allocation)

Named in honor of Ricardo and Bernadet Pitts-Wiley—theater artists, community activists, and cultural stewards who dedicated their lives to community-centered art—this monthly allocation fully endows a master single-subject sitting for working artists, cultural organizers, and stewards actively serving their communities.

— APPLY FOR THE PITTS-WILEY COMMUNITY PORTRAIT GRANT

THE MAKEDA SPATIAL INSTALLATION GRANT

(Subsidized On-Site Deployments & Assemblies)

Named for the sovereign presence at the center of the proscenium—where narrative, sacred spatial staging, and community assembly meet—this grant subsidizes on-site analog chemistry and spatial studio deployments for 501(c)(3) institutions, grassroots assemblies, and cultural galas.

— APPLY FOR THE MAKEDA SPATIAL INSTALLATION GRANT

THE MARY BETH MEEHAN EDUCATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

(Subsidized Keynotes, Salons & Teaching Residencies)

Named in honor of documentary photographer and educator Mary Beth Meehan—whose practice exemplifies deep relational ethics, visual literacy, and public engagement—the studio reserves a strictly limited number of fully subsidized and sliding-scale teaching allocations for public secondary schools, youth media programs, community centers, and under-resourced academic cohorts.

— APPLY FOR THE MEEHAN EDUCATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

COMMISSIONS & GENERAL INQUIRIES

For institutional spatial deployments, editorial commissions, fine-art portraiture, or patron endowments, please complete the inquiry register below.