{"id":1319,"date":"2017-02-23T19:56:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amazinggraceconservatory.org\/legacy\/?page_id=1319"},"modified":"2020-05-28T21:41:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T21:41:08","slug":"founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amazinggraceconservatory.org\/legacy\/founders\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazing Founders<\/h2>\n

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In 1997, Amazing Grace Conservatory (AGC) was born out of the passion for the arts and love for children by co-founders, the late Mr. Tracy Lamar Coley (1964-2002) and Executive Director, Wendy Raquel Robinson. Growing up in inner cities, Atlanta and Los Angeles, these artists experienced firsthand the socioeconomic disadvantages that face African-American and children of color and realized the need to cultivate, nurture and bring the arts back to the community. Two decades later, AGC has grown from a small dream with 75 initial students to serving more than 300 students annually and thousands since its inception.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wendy Raquel Robinson<\/h2>\n

One of the most talented, professional actresses\u00a0in the entertainment industry,\u00a0Wendy Raquel Robinson, is best known for her groundbreaking role as the sexy and feisty sports manager ‘Tasha Mack’ from BET’s #1 syndicated\u00a0series, “The Game,” which earned her\u00a0a 2015 and 2016 NAACP Image Award nomination and a win in 2014 for “Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred for six seasons of “The Steve Harvey Show” as the no-nonsense diva principal\u00a0Regina Grier.<\/p>\n

\u200b<\/span>Wendy starred in the highly acclaimed Disney Channel film\u00a0“Descendants,” where she portrayed the iconic role of Cruella DeVille, under the direction of Emmy Award-Winning choreographer Kenny Ortega (“High School Musical,” “This is It”). Wendy also starred in TV One’s “Here We Go Again.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0Wendy’s artistic background in acting, dancing, directing, writing, producing, and choreographing displays her passion as she strives for excellence in her career as an artist\/scholar. She is a cum laude graduate of Howard University with a BFA in Drama, and has since been a successful working actress and entertainer in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<\/div>