Boundary Breakers will be an intimate discussion, portrait display and mixer event for creators of color to ideate and learn how to actively use creativity to challenge the status quo to incite real change in today’s world—all while exploring what it means to be outside of the boundaries and a champion of our communities.
The Boundary Breakers portrait series highlighting a select number of Ethel's Club change-making creators who are pushing and redefining boundaries in their respective creative fields will be on display for the first time.
Tamon, originally from Canada, has a diverse background in content creation as a marketing strategist.
In 2015 Tamon co-founded Creative Theory Agency with business partner Gary Williams Jr. A Content
marketing agency that builds impactful inclusive and cultural narratives. Tamon has dedicated his
professional career to cultural storytelling, leading branded content campaigns at pivotal cultural moments for the global brands.
Tamon, a creative academic, completed his MBA in 2015, and since then has completed digital strategy
certificates from both Dartmouth and Harvard.
Tamon is famously known for Wearing Levi Jeans and Doc Martens…every day.
Joshua Kissi is a Ghanaian-American creative entrepreneur specializing in photography and creative direction, based in New York City. Raised in the Bronx, Kissi grew up with an affinity for the arts and picked up a camera at the age of seventeen. Despite the lack of exposure and inaccessibility to the creative industries, and from Kissi's determination that bore the fruit that is Street Etiquette in 2008.
Last year saw the launch of Kissi's second-biggest venture with business partner Karen Okonkwo; TONL– a culturally diverse stock imagery company aiming to change the narrative and current aesthetics of stock photography. Through TONL, Kissi seeks to improve the landscape of stock imagery content by widening representation with storytelling as a critical element. Currently, the two are working on using TONL as a platform to change narratives and engage with audiences and users through podcasts, online essays, and networking events.
As a first generation Ghanaian-American, Kissi has always been interested in topics of identity, and this is a theme that continues to be a site of inspiration. His primary mission is to empower creatives and use visual platforms as a means of amplifying an array of voices. “I want to continue to tell stories that challenge the world we live in today, resulting in a better tomorrow by any medium necessary.”
Kissi has been featured as Inc Magazine’s “30 under 30” for his work with TONL and most recently selected as Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People."