The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM) 2015 premiere exhibition, Open for Business, introduced the concept of Community Curators. TCGM as a community-centered organization, recognized the efficacy of including the voice of Community members in the museum’s curatorial approach; without requiring “formal curatorial experience” to contribute to the visual narratives and themes the museum's exhibitions address.

Since the inception of this approach, artists, entrepreneurs, collectors, and scholars have provided their curatorial acumen to TCGM’s exhibitions and installations. Also unique to this practice/approach is the inclusion of artifacts and objects from Black girls and women such as clothing, household items, furnishings, lamps, hats, combs, barrettes, etc., simply because these artifacts are significant to the herstory and experiences of colored girls.

TCGM’s practice understands curation as a vital component of storytelling; supported by visual artists and TCGM's Curator and co-founder Michael Clemmons, the Community Curatorial Program facilitates artists and others who may not identify as artists, curators, or designers to assess and redefine curatorial practice.

Community Curators bring new perspectives, build new audiences, and remind us that museums can and should be places of discovery and learning. Limiting our focus to "museum professionals'', “specialized degrees” and “work experience” deprives us of opportunities to witness and benefit from the innate genius of the community and community members as problem solvers, storytellers and worldbuilders in this genre. Curatorial practice can be a powerful strategy through which we develop and engage community and ideas.