This organization has been key to bringing attention to and encouraging the visual art creativity by African American artists and artists of African descent from Seattle and other Pacific Northwest communities. Onyx boosts of having a network comprising over 350 artists and for having hosting the largest ever fine art exhibit in the Pacific Northwest for this category of artists. The Onyx organization operates a fine arts gallery, Gallery Onyx, downtown Seattle to showcase and offer for purchase current artistic creations to the public and serve as a cultural focus which provides evidence of the rich cultural diversity existent in the Pacific Northwest.