The Center For Cultural Power

IGNITING CHANGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER MOBILIZES ARTISTS TO ENVISION A WORLD IN WHICH CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL POWER ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY AND WHERE ALL HUMAN BEINGS CAN LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. CULTURAL POWER IS AN ARTIST-CENTERED CULTURAL STRATEGY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE ARTIST AS A KEY AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING THEIR COLLECTIVE POWER. WE CENTER BIPOC (BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR), QUEER & TRANS, IMMIGRANT, UNDOCUMENTED, AND DISABLED ARTISTS IN OUR CULTURAL AND NARRATIVE STRATEGY WORK. THROUGH INTERSECTIONAL STORYTELLING, FELLOWSHIPS, TRAININGS, ACTIVATIONS, CONVENINGS, DESIGN TEAMS AND STRATEGY TABLES, WE ARE CO-CREATING THE CULTURAL STRATEGY FIELD AND HARNESSING THE POWER OF ART TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF MIGRATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, GENDER & SEXUALITY, AND RACIAL JUSTICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR APPROACH IS TO INVEST DIRECTLY IN ARTIST DISRUPTORS, DEVELOP VALUES ALIGNED CORE NARRATIVES FOR ARTISTS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS TO CREATE FROM, AND BUILD A CULTURAL STRATEGY ECOSYSTEM. 1) ARTIST LEADERSHIP: BUILDS THE POWER OF ARTISTS TO ADVANCE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH FELLOWSHIPS, COHORTS, AND WORKSHOPS.2) INTERSECTIONAL STORYTELLING: ACTIVATES ARTISTS AND MOVEMENT GROUPS TO CREATE INSPIRING STORIES ON ISSUES OF MIGRATION, CLIMATE, CIVIC, AND GENDER JUSTICE THAT CENTER DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.3) FIELD BUILDING: BUILDS A FIELD OF BIPOC PRACTITIONERS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WHO CREATE THE NARRATIVE STRATEGY NEEDED TO REALIZE A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD.