PUBLIC ARTS BY JAH KENTE INTERNATIONAL: CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE - “Africa In Miniature in Our City.” Call to Collaborative Artists and Organizations

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CULTURE - SOUL OF THE COMMUNITY

View as Webpage Africa in Miniature in Our City Call to Collaborative Artists and Organizations. Written by Evelyn Joe “Public art” is integral to public history and interwoven in our evolving culture as various groups, including immigrants or New Americans (Jews, Asians, Hispanics, Africans, Middle Easterners, etc.) add its orientations in shared space and collective memory of the city.   Thus, in our increasingly diverse public space, Public Arts may reflect and reveal our society and add meaning to our city. As artists and arts and humanities organizations respond to our times, they mirror their inner vision to the external world, and they create a narrative as they chronicle our public experience.   In nurturing the cultural spirit of Africa in the Diaspora, Jah Kente International uses its vision to give form to “Africa In Miniature in Our City.” The Project is designed to highlight the cultural and historical connections within the District of Columbia through its local history, environmental systems, cultural tradition and practices, and visual symbols transmitted and maintained by early immigrants from Africa and subsequent generations that constitute the demographic population of the Continental African Community or African Community, made up of African Union Member States, - and how the cultural infrastructure adds to the diverse and vibrant cultural expressions in the city. The Project must be visible and accessible to the public for free.   The Project aims to create a unique sense of place in public space with experiences that evoke a strong depiction of African orientation as well as enhance the identity of the larger city that celebrates smaller populations and neighborhoods.   Sometimes, a simple gesture sparks significant conversations and no matter one’s ideological persuasion, it would be hard to deny the need and effectiveness of bringing these conversations to the mainstream public. The visual symbols will have conceptual context and intellectual content. The artists have the gift of telling the community story and transforming the stories into unique visual forms.   Individual artists and ethnic African organizations are welcomed to the collaborative.   Please send inquiries to in...@jahkente.org .