Todd Drake creates art that is shaped by community. A 2004 Rockefeller fellow at UNC Chapel Hill, Drake is co-creator along with Dr. Hannah Gill of the book “Going to Carolina del Norte, Narrating Mexican Migrant Experiences.” He has also worked collaboratively with undocumented immigrants to create a picture book “Give Me Eyes: Crossing borders to the heart.” A painter and photographer, Drake has worked with a wide variety of communities including patients at an Alzheimer’s nursing home, employees at an exotic night club, long distance truck drivers, and refugees from Vietnam to create the large painting series “et al.” Drake has exhibited nationally including galleries in Washington DC, Chicago, Charlotte, in museums such as the Weatherspoon Art Museum and SECCA, and is in private collections on both coasts. He is currently collaborating with Muslim Americans to create a series of self-portraits for the Esse Quam Videri Project supported by the Center for Global Initiatives. Drake has an MFA in painting from UNCG and teaches studio art.