THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER

ARTISTS TRANSFORM THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR POWERFUL ART: STORIES, IMAGES, AND SONGS. THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER EXISTS TO CREATE A THRIVING ECOSYSTEM FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURE MAKERS TO SHIFT WORLDVIEWS AWAY FROM DOMINATION AND EXTRACTION TOWARD COLLABORATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE.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.