BLACK ARTISTS ARCHIVE
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Mission Statement
The Black Artists Archive’s (BAA) mission is to leverage the rich histories of self-sustained Detroit Black artists and collectives to foster a nurturing environment for creativity, exhibition, learning, and the preservation of Black art history and visual culture. We strive to create dynamic spaces where people are empowered to engage with and contribute to the vibrancy of Black artistic expressions
About This Cause
Our vision is to dismantle the idea of conventional art history by engaging in a new model with local visual culture that exposes and connects all communities to the vast experiences of Black artists. Ultimately, we seek to establish a framework that will be expandable to other centers of Black artists throughout the U.S. We will support and advance our mission of becoming a critical asset to Detroit’s arts community through our three foundational activities. Thus, our vision will manifest through the Black Artists Archive, which will implement practice shifts in archiving Black cultural materials. The Black Curatorial Institute (BCI) that will establish a new learning center to advance fresh approaches to curatorial and archival practice, and the DUO Incubatory Residency which will create and facilitate interdisciplinary dialogues between curators and artists unique to the Detroit experience. These three core programmatic activities will establish BAA as a new model of space, community, and support for Detroit’s arts community.