HALIMA TAHA, Ph.D. is recognized throughout the United States as a leading authority on collecting African American art and arts management.  An expert in the industry for more than twenty years, she continues to contribute as an appraiser, historian, art advisor, educator and lecturer.  Taha is the author of the best selling book, Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas (Random House, January 1999, Verve Editions, 2005), and Three Decades of American Printmaking: The Brandywine Collection (Hudson Hills Press, October 2004).   Ms. Taha is a highly sought media personality and consultant. She was featured in USA Today and has appeared on many shows including Fox News, Good Day New York and PBS, where her highly acclaimed book was featured as a choice membership incentive.  The Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery of Art are among many institutions featuring her book on their reading lists.  Her experience includes her leadership as an arts advocate and spokesperson, lecturer, former Managing Director and art gallery owner specializing in 20th Century art and photography.

Halima Taha's  consulting expertise keeps her in demand and includes fine art appraising, private and corporate art collections development, visual and performing artists management, institutional public program planning and arts and education curriculum development.  Former member of the faculty of the College of New Rochelle, she is listed in the Annual Yearbook of Experts, Authorities and Spokespersons.  She  is  committed to nurturing the  development of American visual culture through institutional  and private collections, arts in education programs and corporate campaigns, as  a means of  inviting audiences  to  discover  new and exciting  things about themselves and the  society in which they live, through art. Halima Taha is currently CEO of Saba Qurush Enterprises and President of halima ink, a professional arts and education company for individuals, corporate, civic and academic organizations, specializing in art advisory, speaker, collection management and appraisal services. She is also a member of ArtTable, Inc., National Association of Female Executives, the College Art Association, and the African American Museum Association. She is a member of the Appraisers Association of America, and a New York State Council on the Arts recipient for screen writing. Taha has rendered professional speaker and art advisory services for institutions and corporations too numerous to mention here.