Launched in 2023, Threads: The Art Exchange is an artist development firm + global vehicle elevating artists through strategy, story, and expansive reach.  

Originally founded by Sydney Frakes and Alea Brown as a podcast spotlighting artists and creatives of color, Threads has further expanded into a full-scale artist development firm offering a multidisciplinary framework of practice-centered engagement, visual storytelling, and creative exchange spearheaded by Frakes. 

At its core, Threads operates as both an emerging artist incubator and dialogical space, merging curation, narrative-based storytelling, and process-oriented support to nurture the next generation of artists. Through strategic artist cultivation, concept-led artist features, digital initiatives, and global visibility, Threads fosters the structure, language, and tools to amplify artist’s presence in today’s art sphere. As a site of artistic exchange and curatorial intervention, Threads engages creative voices across disciplines, geographies, and identities whether they are emerging, mid-career, established, or from a multicultural background. It is a space where strategy meets intuition, and where artists are not only seen but deeply supported in the evolution of their practice and positioning within the contemporary art landscape. 

With an unwavering commitment to collaboration, access, and international growth, Threads: The Art Exchange builds a nurturing architecture amplifying the voices of artists for long-term visibility and cultivating lasting influence.