Our role in our community is to share art in all its complexity and diversity to audiences. We represent Black artists and amplify the voices and demands of Black communities. We want to empower everyone to help make positive social movement in strengthening the Black Arts industry and economy. We deliver high quality enrichment activities and workshops tailored to meet the needs of our African Caribbean community. We aim to develop and enhance participants through a range of bespoke creative processes.
We pride ourselves as Ecosystem-builders and contributors pushing progress, striving for change and redressing unequal structures and how they operate to elevate our local BAME economy providing grassroot support to people of colour in need.
We nurture, train, encourage and inspire Black and diverse youth communities. We aim to develop a new generation of Artists, Creative Entrepreneurs and to be a direct platform into professional employment.
As a grassroot and community-driven organisation we aim to be reactive and responsive to the needs of people within our community. We listen to our communities and aim to work in partnership to develop innovative outreach initiatives utilising creative strategies for positive engagement and outcomes. We tackle the challenges faced by marginalised communities/POC (people of colour), at risk groups, young offenders, service users and young people.
Outreach
There’s nothing we love more than meeting youths, especially delivering workshops to inspiring young people within foster care communities. We listened, we laughed and we created! We worked with a network of vibrant Artists to codevelop artistry and perform in different art-form. We hope this made a positive impact to their lives and will contribute in expanding their horizons- Kieron Burke
Networking
We matchmake and support emerging and established artists especially people of colour by delivering events and opportunities to develop new writing, training to access leadership roles, mentorship and network to forge stronger partnerships to build economic advantage within BAME communities.
