Background
Bell-Brown, Brenda Yvette was born on April 2, 1959 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Benny Frank Bell and Mary Barbara (Horton) Saunders.
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Brenda Yvette Bell-Brown
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Brenda Yvette Bell-Brown, American arts administrator. Recipient Douglas Turner Ward/Alice Childress Scriptwriting award Gwendolyn Brooks Writers Center, Chicago, 1997; Many Voices fellow Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, 1997; emerging artist-in-literature Twin Cities Juneteenth Celebration Committee, Minneapolis, 1995-1997.
Education
Bachelor in Theatre Arts, Brown University, 1982. Master of Arts in Museum Studies, Hampton University, 1986.
Career
Education specialist, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1986-1987;
program, development officer, African American Museum Association, Washington, 1987-1988;
assistant to the director, Euphrat Gallery, Cupertino, California, 1990-1991;
curator of education, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, 1991-1992;
manager traveling exhibits program, Minnesota History Society, St. Paul, 1993-1996;
project coordinator for diversity planning, Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Minneapolis, 1996;
management analyst, State Council on Black, St. Paul, 1997-1998. Advising committee Ordway Music Theatre, St. Paul, since 1996, chair steering committee Children, Family and Cmty. Invitational, St. Paul, 1994-1997.
Board dirs.Met. Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, 1996-1997. Free-lance artist Non-Union Talent Svc., Edina, Minnesota, since 1995. Master of ceremonies SASE: TheWrite Place, St. Paul, since 1994.
Membership
Commissioner Governor's Commission on the King Holiday, Minnesota, since 1994. Member Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of Isis.
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Married John Alexander Bronw, Junior, December 21, 1984. Children: Naima Taaj Ajmal, Malik Babatunde.
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Recipient Douglas Turner Ward/Alice Childress Scriptwriting award Gwendolyn Brooks Writers Center, Chicago, 1997. Many Voices fellow Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, 1997. Emerging artist-in-literature Twin Cities Juneteenth Celebration Committee, Minneapolis, 1995-1997.Recipient Douglas Turner Ward/Alice Childress Scriptwriting award Gwendolyn Brooks Writers Center, Chicago, 1997. Many Voices fellow Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, 1997. Emerging artist-in-literature Twin Cities Juneteenth Celebration Committee, Minneapolis, 1995-1997.