African Voices Communications

Description

Organization Profile: African Voices, a nonprofit cultural arts organization, is dedicated to highlighting the concerns of artists of color. The organization publishes a quarterly literary magazine that features poetry, art, short stories, and profiles celebrating the work and history of people of color. Established in 1992, African Voices sponsors poetry readings, forums, art exhibitions, writing workshops, and other community programs. The organization represents more than 100 performing poets and visual artists whose works cover everything from humor to social and political issues. African Voices offers performance workshops to colleges and community centers. The performance workshop includes presentations by Spoken word artists and lectures on magazine and book publishing. African Voices reaches a diverse audience of business professionals, community activists, artists, and college students, ranging in age from 18 to 35 years old. The organization hosts events on college campuses, bookstores, parks, cafes, community center, and other public spaces throughout the five boroughs and the tri-state area. Literary Series Profile: The Brownstone Reading Series is a bimonthly program that features book signs for authors. The event is held in a Harlem brownstone on Striver’s Row.