Responsible ARTistry, Inc.

As a strong artistic creative couple we bring an unquantifiable synergy to the classroom that is quite often un-paralleled. What one lacks the other brings in strength and it allows them to reach those students that are quite often misunderstood. In their spaces they create an uninhibited environment that promotes creativity and the freedom to express. 

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Andre Amiger | Co-Founder & President of Responsible ARTistry, Inc.:

 

Andre aka #MrBounceBack Amiger is a Washington DC Native, a Music Producer, Sound Engineer, Sound Designer, Mentor, #1 Amazon Best Selling Author and a 3X Stroke Survivor. 

As the executive producer of several albums his compositions are heard worldwide being played in arenas and concert halls heard by hundreds of thousands of people. By choosing to impact the world with positive music he has worked with Macy’s Come Together Social Campaign and the Green Festival in cooperation with Green America and Global Exchange. By connecting with artists all over the world he is now producing music projects and documentaries worldwide for Responsible ARTistry. Andre enjoys mentoring young men as a means of paying it forward while giving back. As a Youth Advocate, Mr. Andre is a mentor to a community of youth as well as held the position of Youth Behavioral Specialist (Area Coach) for two of South Carolina’s highest ranking family service organizations. These positions allowed him the opportunity to positively impact the entire family. He trains and coaches his staff on how to reach, restore and revitalize the family unit. Having been a troubled youth himself he speaks to the soul of the child in a way that many cannot. 

Visit (https://www.andreamiger.com/) for more information.

 

Mahoganee Amiger | Co-Founder, VP of Responsible ARTistry, Inc.:
 
Laura "Mahoganee" Amiger is a Summerton, South Carolina Native Award Winning, Recording ARTist, Singer-Songwriter, with 28 years of performing live and 4 studio albums self-produced. Mahoganee has performed in arenas to audiences of over 20,000 people while also being live–streamed to 27 different countries. She has been featured on SoulTrain.com because of her “arts and activism”. She has opened up for and shared the stage with artists such as Tony Terry, Mary Davis & the SOS Band, Glenn Jones & Anthony David. She has been featured in the Beaufort Gazette on numerous occasions. She has traveled abroad on artist residencies to Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba and Belize. Visit www.mahoganee.com for more info. 

 

Accolades:

• The Recording Academy Atlanta GA Chapter Member

• 2011 Expansion Arts Grant Awardee (Coastal Community Foundation) 

• Featured Artist on SoulTrain.com for Arts & Activism Jan 2012

• Awarded the Chapter President's Award & Made an Honorary Member of the Historical Montford Point Marine Assoc. June 2016

• Performance at SC State House for Commemoration of Brown vs Board of Education May 2015 

• Self-published 3 albums, the most recent album reached the top 10 of the Indie Charts.

• A requested performer at the Savannah GA Black Heritage Festival 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000

• A requested performer at Historical Penn Center's Heritage Festival 2011, 2014, 2015

• A requested performer at the 30th Annual Original Gullah Festival 2016 

• Featured Performer at the Annual Black Family Reunion of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) in Washington, DC.

• Guest soloist in Macy’s Homeless Campaign in Washington DC. 2009

• Live Performance on the (TJMS) Tom Joyner Sky Show 2005

• Teaching Artist at Historical Penn Center, one of the most significant African American historical and cultural institutions in existence today on St. Helena Island, SC

• Traveled Abroad on Teaching Artist Residencies to Trinadad & Tobago 2009, Cuba & Belize 2019 

• Won Finalist in the Rap/Urban/R&B category of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic SongWriters Association of Washington DC Song Contest 

• Performed as Nina Simone in "Take Me Back to Harlem" A Langston Hughes Based Play for the North Charleston Arts Festival in 2015

• Official South Carolina Arts Commission Arts in Education Approved Certified Teaching Artist in the Field of Music Since 2014

• 2016 Featured Vocalist with the Renowned International Dr. Marlena Smalls & The Hallelujah Singers South Carolina's Tourism Ambassadors 

• Featured Vocalist at SC State House 50th Annual Governor's Carolighting 2016 for Nikki Haley 

• Featured on SoulTracks.com with New Single First Listen Write-Up Feb 2017 LINK to Article

• Beaufort LifeStyle Magazine Write Up July 2019 LINK to Article 

• Nominated for 2019 Organization of the Year Award by UNITED Church United Community Task Force 

• VoyageATL Magazine Interview November 2019 LINK to Article

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