C& Community: A Collective Platform for Art and Diaspora
Contemporary And (C&) serves as a collaborative platform for artists, writers, translators, curators, and cultural creators, fostering connections across different languages and regions. It prioritizes engagement with artists while encouraging discussions surrounding language, history, and context. Active translators interpret works, and curators facilitate artistic conversations and networks. Contributors include Guilherme Ferreira and Makella Ama Ketedzi, among others. C& showcases numerous museums and galleries, including ZOMA Museum, Parque Cultural de Valparaíso, and the National Gallery of The Bahamas. A significant event, C&10, was held at 1014 New York in May 2023, featuring Mia Harrison. The platform also supports Fresh Milk Barbados and provides newsletters for curated content.
Key facts
- C& is a community-driven platform for artists, writers, translators, curators, and cultural producers.
- The platform emphasizes working with artists rather than about them.
- Translators are seen as active interpreters, not intermediaries.
- C& seeks to transcend colonial languages by embracing linguistic plurality.
- Curators help create frameworks and translocal networks for artistic dialogue.
- Over 20 named contributors are part of the C& community.
- C&10 event took place at 1014 New York in May 2023 with poet Mia Harrison.
- ZOMA Museum in Addis Ababa focuses on ecological art and architecture.
- A network of over 40 institutions is listed, spanning Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean.
- Fresh Milk Barbados is highlighted as an artist-led socially engaged space.
Entities
Artists
- Mia Harrison
- Guilherme Ferreira
- Makella Ama Ketedzi
- Manyakhalé Diawara
- Christian Cassiel
- Kelly Sinnapah Mary
- Paula Nascimento
- Stephanie Tinsley
- Nicolas Vamvouklis
- Yina Jiménez Suriel
- Guilherme Vilhena Martins
- Luciane Ramos Silva
- Elisa Pierandrei
- Jimena Galán Dary
- Abdulrahman Ndegwa
- Tania Luz Olivares Achach
- Magnus Elias Rosengarten
- Abigail Campos Leal
- Mokia Dinnyuy Manjoh
- La Chola Poblete
- Raquel Villar-Pérez
- Ervenshy Hugo Jean-Louis
Institutions
- Contemporary And (C&)
- ZOMA Museum
- Parque Cultural de Valparaíso
- The Walther Collection
- Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts (CMCArts)
- Centro Wilfredo Lam
- Centro de Culturas Populares e Identitárias
- Núcleo Amanar – Casa das Áfricas
- Mariane Ibrahim Gallery
- Jaider Esbell Contemporary Indigenous Art Gallery
- Kenu – the Lab'oratory of imaginaries
- First Floor Gallery
- +Arte Galería Taller
- Makerere Art Gallery
- Nubuke Foundation
- Iwalewa – Haus
- Que ladeira é essa? Cultural Center
- Fundação Pedro Calmon
- Casa del sargento (Beta Local)
- Welancora Gallery
- National Gallery of The Bahamas
- The Espaço Pierre Verger da Fotografia Baiana and Espaço Carybé de Artes
- Global Crit Clinic
- Gallery of Caribbean Art
- MAOF Materia y Oficios (Beta Local)
- Kalashnikovv Gallery
- Centre Soleil d'Afrique
- Invisible Borders Trans-African Photographic Initiative
- National Museum of African Art
- Museu Afro Brasil
- Museu Afro-Brasileiro
- Índia Vanuíre Historical and Pedagogical Museum
- Nafasi Art Space
- Galerie Jérôme Poggi
- Lyle O. Reitzel Galería
- Noldor Artist Residency
- FLORA ars+natura
- Center for Historical Reenactments
- Hot Sun Caribbean Contemporary Art
- Galería Saro León
- Galerie Atiss Dakar
- Artistas Latinas
- Espacio aglutinador
- Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
- Fundação Pierre Verger
- Gallery of African Art (GAFRA)
- Circle Art Gallery
- Afronova Gallery
- Fresh Milk Barbados
- 1014 New York
- Espaço Pierre Verger da Fotografia Baiana and Espaço Carybé de Artes
- Centre Soleil d’Afrique
Locations
- Addis Ababa
- Ethiopia
- Valparaíso
- Chile
- New York
- United States
- Barbados
- Caribbean
- Africa
- Americas
- Europe
- Bahamas
- Dakar
- Senegal
- Kampala
- Uganda
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Bahia
- Johannesburg
- South Africa
- Nairobi
- Kenya
- Abidjan
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Santo Domingo
- Dominican Republic
- Port-au-Prince
- Haiti
- Paris
- France
- Berlin
- Germany
- United States Virgin Islands
- Cuba
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Tanzania
- Harare
- Zimbabwe
- Kingston
- Jamaica
- Bridgetown
- Cape Town
- Accra
- Lagos
- Bamako
- Mali
- Luanda
- Angola
- Maputo
- Mozambique
- Brasília
- Salvador
- Recife
- Rio de Janeiro
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Santiago
- Lima
- Peru
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Havana
- San Juan
- Puerto Rico
- Port of Spain
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Paramaribo
- Suriname
- Cayenne
- French Guiana
- Fort-de-France
- Martinique
- Pointe-à-Pitre
- Guadeloupe