Noelle Lorraine Williams lives and works in Newark, NJ. As a public humanities specialist, artist, researcher, and curator, her work examines the ways African Americans utilize culture to re-imagine liberation in the United States. She has exhibited and lectured at the Newark Museum, The African American Museum in Philadelphia, Skylight Gallery in Brooklyn, and Cue Art. Her work as an artist and curator has been reviewed in the Star-Ledger as a part of their profile on “The Newark School,” New York Times, ArtNews, and other publications. Last year, the exhibition she curated was the recipient of the Giles R. Wright Award for contributions to African American History in NJ. She recently received the Creative Catalyst Grant from the City of Newark and the 2021 Individual Artist Fellowship Award for Crafts from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.