"Some avenues of black art need to be expressed and explored. Many black artist lack a support network," he said.
Delbridge is not alone in his feeling that more support is necessary for black artists.
"I think we definitely need a stronger voice of black arts on campus," said Aaliyah N. Williams '02, who sang with the Kuumba Singers last year.
"For instance, we need more black plays and [they need to be] promoted in the way they should be," she said.
Williams said she hoped that the new position would help create more black arts groups that would complement the current ones.
The specific idea of the position that the OFA is proposing came from the suggestion of Phillip A. Goff '99, a founder of the Black Arts Council.
He was worried about a potential leadership vacuum in the black arts community in the future, according to the OFA, so he requested the office's help in continuing the effort to support black arts on campus.
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