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Creative Currents Artist Collaborative is a US based, internationally focused arts organization whose mission is to widen and deepen public engagement with the arts and cultures of Africa and the Black Diaspora.  We do so by connecting artists, scholars and arts enthusiasts with exciting and varied arts-based cultural experiences and by creating sustainable communities within which the arts can be lived and celebrated!

  About 

Since 2001, Creative Currents Artist Collaborative has brought together individuals interested in the arts of the Africa and the Black Diaspora in order to explore and create.

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Our current programming includes:
 

  • Congo Carnival Artist Retreat (Portobelo, Panama)                                                       

  • Joie de Vivre Dakar Arts & Culture Tour (Dakar, Senegal)

  • Summer Artist Residency (Portobelo, Panama)                                                             

  • Havana Art Biennial Trip (Havana, Cuba)

  • Festival del Nazareno / Black Christ Festival Artist Retreat (Portobelo, Panama)      

  • PopUp Marche Curated Indie Craft Market (Atlanta, GA)

 

Moving forward, we will expand our program offerings to include:
 

  • An online literary journal of voices of Africa and the Black Diaspora

  • International symposiums focusing on "Congo" culture worldwide

  • The use of renovated properties in Atlanta as an Arts Campus complete with artist studios, affordable family housing, and space for exhibitions, performance, workshops and classes

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