Music, theater, gallery, writing programs, art classes, acting, playwriting, rent event space, join the community garden, visit our resident artist studios. History:
The Southeast Community Cultural opened The Arts Exchange in 1984. From 1988-1991, we administered the New Forms Regional Artist Initiated Grant in 5 southern states as part of the public-private partnership between The National Endow
ment for the Arts and The Rockefeller Foundation funded artists working with new art forms in non-traditional community spaces. Partnered with state arts agencies to double the amount of funding going to working artists. In 1988 and 1990, we anchored the National Black Arts Festival (NBAF) producing a two-day ROOTS FESTIVAL, a celebration of Caribbean and African arts and cultures. Today:
In 2018 we became the ArtsXchange, and now occupy a renovated school in East Point, Georgia. We still provide studio space to individual artists, collectives of artists, and non-profit organizations. The Sinclair Gallery has a 33 year history of presenting visual and multi-media artists who are recognized nationally, regionally, locally, or who are college or high school students. The Robeson Theater provides a venue for writers, poets, and playwrights, producers and directors, dancers, and musicians. We also offer a wide range of classes for the community that range from dance to martial arts, photography, painting, and acting. We offer rental space where you can perform, exhibit, teach a class, host a celebration, convene a meeting, or gather to plan the next great social movement! Mission Statement
Our mission is to maintain a community-based arts center that is multicultural, multi-disciplinary, and intergenerational. We shelter, present and preserve the arts and cultures of the African Diaspora, especially those rooted in the black southern culture, from traditional to the experimental. Our programs support the careers of black artists in all disciplines; exposes the community to multiple forms of visual and performing arts, and: we provide classes and resources to inspire new generations of artists and other creatives. Our Values
We are committed to:
• Affect positive change by advocating arts, human rights and social justice.
• Provide affordable studio facilities and support to emerging, mid-career, and established artists.
• Be an initiating bridge providing opportunities for cultural exchange and arts education - artist-to-artist and artist to community.
• Serve as a dynamic arts education resource, especially for youth and families, by cultivating relationships with teaching artists and educators using the arts
• Maintain a vital multi-disciplinary, intergenerational, and multi-ethnic environment.
ArtsXchange @ 2148 Newnan Street in East Point! Sign up for our newsletter and become a member.
