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Looking for a casual way to meet fellow local artists and creatives?

Mobile Art Meet exists to bring people together to create a community. Our mission is to provide welcoming, accessible spaces where artists and creatives of all kinds can gather, make share, and connect - regardless of skill level, medium, or background.

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We are a casual meet up group.

We believe creativity thrives in community. Through regular art meets, collaborations, and partnerships, we foster connection, encourage creative expression, and support the cultural life of Mobile and the greater Gulf Coast.

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At our core, MAM is about showing up, making together, and building relationships through art with anyone.

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1st Meet
March 19th
5:45 PM - 7:30 PM

West Regional Library
5555 Grelot Road
Mobile, AL 36609

Third Thursday of Each Month

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Chair

LaToya McCoy

Toya—also known as the art fairy of Mobile, Lady T. Musings—is an artist, writer, and community organizer based in Mobile, Alabama, and the Chair of Mobile Art Meet. They founded MAM in 2024 with a simple goal: to create in community.By fall 2025, LaToya had brought together a team of creative, driven individuals who shared that vision and wanted to expand it. Together, they grew Mobile Art Meet from a casual gathering space into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, rooted in the belief that the arts—and all forms of creative expression—thrive best when they are shared, supported, given room to grow, and made accessible to everyone. Today, MAM exists to better serve and uplift the creative Gulf Coast community.At the heart of Toya’s work—both artistically and organizationally—is the belief that creating is an act of resilience, one that fosters joy and opens the door to meaningful connection.

Vice Chair

Dione "De De" Taylor

De De is an artist who enjoys creating lovely dresses for the Mobile Park and Recreation International Festival where she works with feathers, fabric, vinyl, wood, and flowers to represent the host country in an elegant dress form. She is also the Vice Chair of the Mobile Art Meet Club where all creative types work together to showcase the beauty of art as a whole here in the area.As an event coordinator, De De specializes in luxury backdrops for church and children’s events. Her works have been prominently featured by Power, Purpose, & Plan Holiness Church at many of their various annual events as well as displayed by several other local churches for the anniversaries and clergy appreciation events. Her backdrops for kids always whimsical and the kids as well as the adults truly enjoy her own unique style of curtain draping and balloon features that give their respective events a real “WOW” factor.Loving to bake cakes, De De wanted to do it competitively and she did as member of the International Cake Exploration Societe the Maryland Chapter. She has competed in cake shows in Maryland where she won 2nd place, Virginia, and New York, where she received honorable mentions for decorating skills.In her regular 9 to 5 life, she is a Cybersecurity Engineer. In plain words that means if you do something you are not supposed to do online, she will find it and let you know not to do it.In her free time, De De hobbies are hanging out with family, friends, playing bingo, going to plays, dancing, traveling, and attending various renaissance events.

Secretary

Courtney McKeand

Courtney is an artist, passionate reader, and lifelong gamer with a deep love of science fiction, fantasy, and character-driven storytelling. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and bring over 30 years of professional experience as an independent artist, with work published in a variety of formats, guided by curiosity, craft, and narrative depth. They are LGBTQ+ affirming and committed to equity, respect, and care for marginalized communities, and believe in fostering inclusive, values-driven spaces that do not support hateful, harmful, illegal, nor exploitative work.

Treasurer

Kat Faircloth

Katchie, also known as Kat, is a Mobile native with a penchant for yarn, insects, and pop music. Their fiber arts journey started when her great aunt taught her to crochet at the age of 12. What drew Katchie to Mobile Art Meet in 2024 is the sense of community and inspiration that comes with creating and collaborating alongside others in a casual setting. Today they serve on the board as Treasurer, bringing 5 years of experience as an insurance professional with a degree in Business Administration. In their spare time you may find them kayaking with their wife, tending to their tarantulas, or distressing a t-shirt.

Programming Director

Megan Baker

Megan or sometimes known as Ray, is the Mobile Art Meet Program Director they are a mixed media artist with a special fondness for fiber arts, toy photography, and tie dyeing. When they aren't making some kind of art, they love hanging out in nature or traveling with their beloved wife. Their passion for art started when they were young, running off with their mothers' notebooks and filling them with pictures of dragons and big cats. Born and raised in Mobile, AL, they became a member of MAM by finding a post on Facebook about a meet. They decided to check it out and immediately fell in love with the fun chill vibe and amazing people, and when the opportunity to be a board member was presented to them, they happily joined the team.

Outreach & Membership Director

Sara Brecher

As Outreach and Membership Director of Mobile Art Meet, Sarah brings creativity and connection to her local art community. Having lived in the Mobile, Alabama area for close to four years, she considers the city home and is excited to unite its thriving art scene. Her art disciplines are varied, generally involving mixed media. Recently, she has been experimenting with fibers, watercolor pencils, and linocut printmaking. Outside of Mobile Art Meet, she works at Bellingrath Gardens & Home full-time as a Horticulturist, treating plants as a media for uniting people.

Marketing & Communications Director

Asya Shareef

As the Marketing and Communications Director for Mobile Art Meet, Asya (she/her) blends a teacher’s heart with an artist’s eye. As a low literacy teacher and digital artist, Asya understands that every community has a story worth telling. When she isn’t crafting digital campaigns or elevating the organization’s voice, she is likely lost in the tactile, creative world of junk journaling. Asya brings a unique, multi-layered perspective to her work—and usually a fabulous bag to match, as a self-proclaimed purse addict.

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