2014-Current

Founder/CEO, Reginald C. Adams LLC

 

• Developed and organized more than 180 community-based public art projects that engage local youth, residents, business leaders and organizational stakeholders.

• Coordinate the implementation of site-specific community art projects in some of Houston’s most historic and underserved communities.

• Collaborate with architects, engineers, designers, artists and community stakeholders indeveloping community-based public art projects.

• Work in a variety of mediums, including but not limited to: tile mosaics; acrylic & oil paint: and steel sculpture.

• Provide multidisciplinary arts instruction to youth and adults.

• Facilitate art-based team building activities for corporate clients, social organizations and schools.

• Public speaker featuring topics on "Creative Economies", "Power of Public Art", "Building Communities Through the Arts" among other art and cultural based topics.

 

1999-2013

President/CEO, Museum of Cultural Arts Houston, (MOCAH)

 

• Co-founded MOCAH as a 501(c) 3 non-profit cultural arts corporation in 1999.

• Has led MOCAH to become the leading developer of community-based public art in Houston.

• Raised over $3MM in mural and public art commissions which have provided employment

opportunities to more than 95 professional and emerging artists.

• MOCAH reaches over 4 million Houston youth, residents and visitors through its community based

art outreach programs and projects annually.

 

2003- 2012

President/Land Assemblage Redevelopment Authority (LARA)

 

• Charter board member of LARA, whose purpose included, without limitation, the acquisition, assemblage, management, marketing, development and disposition of properties that have been acquired by taxing authorities through foreclosure of delinquent ad valorem taxes, including the redevelopment of such properties.

• Directed the organization in the acquisition of over 1,000 chronically tax delinquent properties in Houston's most historic and blighted communities.

• Formulated policy and procedure to transfer and sale properties to community development corporations and affordable housing developers.

• Oversaw the construction of more than 400 affordable homes in urban communities across Houston.

• As board president I oversaw the organization from $0 startup to more than $14million in revenues within a 7 year period.

 

1997-1999

Artists’ Projects Coordinator, Project Row Houses (PRH)

 

• Coordinated the bi-annual artists’ installations.

• Curated spring 1999 round of artists’ installations.

• Instructed multidisciplinary arts projects in PRH’s After-School Program.

• Fundraised for the artists’ projects, within the three years of service with PRH I raised over

$150,000 for artists’ projects and installations.