Last weekend, digital media and communications major Onji Brown, ‘25, was honored with the Herbert L. Bellamy Sr. Media Scholarship Award from Buffalo Black Achievers, Inc.
“[Last] weekend the Black Achievers community honored Onji Brown, one of our current Fokus’d Kreatives, [with the Herbert L. Bellamy Sr. Media Scholarship Award],” said Aitina Fareed-Cook, founder of Get Fokus’d Productions. “What an achievement! It’s been an honor to have you on the Fokus’d team! Keep glowing and growing. This was an easy recommendation.”
Aitina Fareed-Cooke is the Creative Arts Strategist, Buffalo’s Poet Laureate, National Recording Artist, and the founder of Get Fokus’d Productions (GFP), an internationally award-winning media arts production company.
During her junior year at Villa Maria, Onji worked closely with Aitina as part of the College’s first-ever Artist in Residence program. Through the program, Onji and her fellow DMC students gained hands-on experience working alongside Aitina and the Get Fokus’d team. Together, they developed and implemented a digital marketing plan for the 2024 “Tales from the Porch IV: Art is a Language” series. It ran July 26-September 7, 2024 at the Buffalo Art Studio.
The team also worked on the creation of a music video for the song, “Privilege,” by A.I. the Anomaly. The video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjQyqtQKYrM.
View photos of Onji and her DMC cohort working alongside the Get Fokus’d team: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBiFt8
