Guided Search: Community Arts, Africa

On August 19, we’re bringing the islands to you! Join us for the 32nd Annual Philadelphia Caribbean Festival for a day full of island culture.

This six-piece Brazilian jazz group of Philadelphia features vibraphone, electric and nylon string guitars, bass guitar, drums, percussion and saxophone. Inspired by the music of Brazil, the group creates a spacious, welcoming sound.

Our Youth Arts Workshop students spent this summer exploring the theme of portraiture and creating artwork using various media, such as drawing, sculpture, photography, and public engagement, and learn to talk about identity, stereotypes, and visibility. Spend the afternoon with us and come see all the great things our young artists have been working on!

​From neighborhood pop-up concerts to the formal stage, the Liberian Women’s Chorus for Change has been inspiring dialogue and action regarding domestic violence and other Liberian immigrant community concerns for the past two years.

This dazzling trio performs traditional Ethiopian songs with influences from rock and jazz.

"The absolutely spellbinding vocalist Noura Mint Seymali from Mauritania is ready to claim the role of her famous stepmother the late Dimi Mint Abba... With her strong charisma and appeal to the audience she will become a major star... Noura is incredible!" - Afropop Worldwide Noura Mint Seymali is a nationally beloved star and one of Mauritania's foremost musical emissaries.

Feedel Band, the first all-Ethiopian-born group in North America, was founded by keyboardist Araya Woldemichael in Washington DC in 2010.