Deeply involved in AustinAustin’s music and art community, Harold McMillanMcMillan, Harold has provided access and exposure primarily to traditions derived from African-AmericanAfrican American culture for more than 30 years. He first started the Blues Family Tree Project, a documentary collective conceived as an oral history project, which ultimately led to the founding of Diverse Arts Culture WorksDiverse Arts Culture Works in 1994. A non-profit multidisciplinary cultural arts organization dedicated to the long-term development of the African American Cultural Heritage District in East AustinEast Austin, Diverse Arts has produced annual jazzjazz festivals and performance series around bluesblues and jazz, including the Clarksville Jazz and Arts Festival, Women in Jazz Concert Series and African American Month Concert Series. McMillan has also been executive producer for touring shows by different jazz artists, including organist Jimmy Smith, pianist McCoy Tyner and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins.