Grantee Database
Afro Urban Society
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$25,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Afro Urban Society will create ‘Egwu Onwu: Mixtape for the Dead & Gone # 2’ -Onwudiwe (MDG2), via a series of community engagement workshops, and ceremony events. Community creative workshops and ceremony events will recreate and reimagine grief songs drawing from Igbo traditions of Ọdịnanị. Onwudiwe, ‘Death is bad’ in Igbo, is the 2nd in a series of creative workshops and ceremony events as part of our ‘Obi gbawara’m//My Heart Shattered or What happens after I die?’ (OGB) project, that explores Igbo traditions of art and performance in death and mourning.
Organization Summary
Incubate: We curate and host various fellowship and training programs enabling our community members to level up on their creative and artistic craft and practice. Our offerings include:
**Lit from the Black!: A design & technical production fellowship and training program for Black womxn and gender non-binary people to create a professional career pathway into the field
**Onye Ozi Artist Fellowship: A multidisciplinary artistic exchange and inquiry on Afro-diasporic relations and identity
**Afro Culture Kids Camp: Pan African Arts & Culture camp for school-age children
Celebrate: We celebrate the work of community of artists and creatives with and through performance, cultural expression, media, and community events such as:
**Bakanal de Afrique: bi-annual multidisciplinary festival that explores and celebrates the odyssey of urban Afro-descended people through art and culture
**Gbedu Town Radio: Afro-pop ensemble of dancers and musicians
**Afro Urban Dance Community Workshops and Events
Elevate:
**Connect our community members with work opportunities beyond Afro Urban Society
**Share about the work of Artists through our various online and in-print publications
**One3snapshot design collective: Original & Unique apparel, merch, publications and art
Organization
N/A
Address
1532 35th Ave.
Oakland
94601
County
Alameda
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(415) 320-6534
Congressional District
California Assembly district 18
State Assembly District
District 18
State Senate District
District 9
