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Junious L. Brickhouse is an internationally recognized scholar-practitioner dedicated to the sustainability of Hip Hop Cultures and the preservation of African American vernacular dance traditions. A researcher, folklorist, cultural strategist, mentor, and cultural ambassador, Junious currently serves as Director of Next Level, where he drives the strategic direction of the program’s cultural diplomacy and global conflict transformation initiatives, activating more than thirty years of community engagement across over eighty countries.
Junious founded Urban Artistry Inc. cultivating a movement of artists dedicated to researching, teaching, and preserving street dance cultures within their communities of practice. As Executive Director, he produces initiatives such as The International Soul Society Festival, The Preservatory, and the UA Digital Archives, empowering artists to document tradition bearers and deepen community accountability through research, mentorship, and practice. Under his leadership, Urban Artistry has become an international model for culturally grounded arts education and sustainable community-based programming.
Guided by two NEA National Heritage Fellows, John Dee Holeman and Phil Wiggins, he invests deeply in developing tradition bearers, helping them navigate sustainability, artistic identity, and institutional partnerships while encouraging the integrity of their cultures.
Junious continues to teach and lecture at colleges and universities, sharing experiential knowledge of the Movement of the African American South, Hip Hop Culture, and Street Dance Traditions and their cultural contexts. Junious serves on the Board of the American Folklore Society, as well as the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Learn more here.
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