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Africa Consortium welcomes a new memberLangston Hughes Performing Arts Center in Seattle, WA joins this group dedicated to redefining US engagement with African artists and organizations.
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Rha Goddess is Out of the Ordinary!Goddess' unflinching one woman show, LOW, opens at the VSA Arts/North Fourth Art Center in Albuquerque this weekend as part of its Out of the Ordinary Festival.
Africa Consortium
Founded in 2004, The Africa Contemporary Arts Consortium is a landmark program designed to initiate, develop and sustain a dynamic exchange of arts and ideas between artists, arts organizations and public communities throughout the United States and the African continent. The Consortium is dedicated to working with African artists who are interpreting contemporary life through traditional, popular and/or contemporary forms. The Consortium's programs are rooted in experiential opportunities that nurture dialogue and exchange, allowing for organic connections to evolve.
Up next for the Africa Consortium is a series of immersive research trips in
several locations across the continent. Recognizing that our knowledge about the
context in which our African counterparts work has thus far has been limited to
mostly short term visits, each member will participate in an extended residency
with an African artist or organization. The goal of these trips is to more
deeply understand the circumstances for creating art in a particular location in
Africa, the challenges these artists or organizations face, and to discover
mutually agreed upon pathways to further develop equitable collaborative
relationships. Crucial support for this initiative is provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund for National Projects.
Upcoming trips include:
- Marjorie Neset, VSA Arts/North Fourth Art Center, Albuquerque, NM to Culturarte, Maputo, Mozambique
- Ken Foster, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA to GoDown Arts Center, Nairobi, Kenya
- Laura Faure, Bates Dance Festival to L'Ecoles des Sables, Toubab Dialaw, Senegal