AWỌ Presents Artist Open Call 2025
Are you an artist passionate about culture, innovation, and social change?
AWỌ Center invites you to participate in our open call!
Through dynamic platforms including an art exhibition in San Francisco, an AR/VR event amongst other styles, our curated events, culminating in the presentation of Africa Day 2025 celebrates at the intersection of the arts, music and community for social change, bringing together Bay Area Artists, community leaders, policy influencers, youth, individuals and families. The selected artworks will have the unique opportunity to contribute to immersive experiences that inspire change and drive innovation.
If you are interested in participating, please complete the application form by visiting the link below:
Open Call for Artists Application
Submissions are open until March 31st, 2025 5pm. Selected artists will be notified by April 6th, 2025.
We can’t wait to see your creative ideas and celebrate Africa Day with the vibrancy and energy it deserves!
Please contact africaday.opencall@gmail.com for any questions, comments, or concerns.
Africa at your Fingertips African Drumming Classes
Come and learn contemporary and traditional West African drumming that will empower you on a lifelong drumming path. Participants will be introduced to the Djembe and learn or refine basic Djembe drumming patterns such as bass, tone and slap. Participants will also learn sounds and songs, start and stop signals in a supportive peer learning environment. Class culminates into a fun-filled participant performance at the end of the last session.
Drums will be provided with material fee. Materials Fee: $30. NOTE: class on 5/18 will begin at 4pm
Connecting the different shades of Huemanity
“Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize.”
- Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
There are many people with different shades of skin color, all with their own unique and often unheard stories. What would our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces or places of worship feel like if we embraced the stories of those different from ourselves?
Our Story
Our story begins in Lagos, Nigeria
Confronting
implicit bias
One story,
many shades
Programs bringing
us together
