Core Values
Mission
Educating, Empowering and Advancing African American Culture and Community in Pennsylvania through supplemental education,
high-quality heritage arts, science and health and wellness programs .
high-quality heritage arts, science and health and wellness programs .
Vision
Art, culture and legacy represent a portrait of common interests of who we are, where we have been and where we are going. We envision people of African descent born in the United States of America to have equal access to economic, educational and culturally-rich experiences throughout the duration of their lives. From these opportunities, we aspire to create positive sustainable environments that boast career advancement and upward family mobility. By providing arts-integrated learning opportunities, we wish to initiate higher-quality life cycles, and to promote and preserve the power and beauty of Black Culture.
Action
We offer these ideas through providing supplemental education, high-quality cultural arts and health and wellness programming from an empowered African American perspective.
Your tax-deductible gift today will help the Artvolution Cultural Innovation Project, Inc to:
Create innovative education and enrichment programs for youth and their families.
Present high quality African American and Global Diaspora Arts in artistic and cultural presentations for audience members annually, including jazz and world music, dance and theater productions, health and wellness programming.
Develop programs in conjunction with schools to present fair and balanced curriculums in Black history and culture.
Develop programs and mentorships for gifted students in academics, arts and sciences
Beautifying and improving local communities through innovative art programs
Visit our Youth Initiative Page
Visit our About Page
Create innovative education and enrichment programs for youth and their families.
Present high quality African American and Global Diaspora Arts in artistic and cultural presentations for audience members annually, including jazz and world music, dance and theater productions, health and wellness programming.
Develop programs in conjunction with schools to present fair and balanced curriculums in Black history and culture.
Develop programs and mentorships for gifted students in academics, arts and sciences
Beautifying and improving local communities through innovative art programs
Visit our Youth Initiative Page
Visit our About Page
ArtVolution Cultural Innovation Project, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that was founded in 2014 by Vena Jefferson as a multi-dimensional arts , culture and science program as a submission for Artplace America Creative Placemaking Grant. We were chosen as one of 130 finalists out of 1300 submissions. That was the catalyst to develop this idea into an ongoing organization. ACIP was created with three distinct areas of programming; youth initiative, presenting and preserving and neighborhood beautification.
BACKGROUND
<
Vena Jefferson is an award-winning artist, dancer, cultural event producer, arts activist and manager, consultant and writer. Jefferson is a graduate of Temple University's School of Communication & Theater and earned a certificate in arts management from UMass Arts Extension. She has produced and performed projects in Jazz, African, Soul and World Music including live music, dance and theater shows in the U.S.A, Mexico, Caribbean and West Africa. She has garnered a reputation for creating cutting edge concepts in the traditional and contemporary performing arts with legendary performers and contemporary artists in a variety of genres while staying closely connected to the grassroots community movements. As a recipient of the Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award for Art and Social Change and a finalist In ArtPlace America's Creative, Jefferson has made great strides in youth education programming and cultural preservation and development. Known also among peers for her work as a special projects consultant for Preserving Diverse Cultures for Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, she is well known in various professional arts and community activated programs. Her latest curated project for 2017. The Afrosphere at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in the Egyptian Gallery.
Vena Jefferson is an award-winning artist, dancer, cultural event producer, arts activist and manager, consultant and writer. Jefferson is a graduate of Temple University's School of Communication & Theater and earned a certificate in arts management from UMass Arts Extension. She has produced and performed projects in Jazz, African, Soul and World Music including live music, dance and theater shows in the U.S.A, Mexico, Caribbean and West Africa. She has garnered a reputation for creating cutting edge concepts in the traditional and contemporary performing arts with legendary performers and contemporary artists in a variety of genres while staying closely connected to the grassroots community movements. As a recipient of the Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award for Art and Social Change and a finalist In ArtPlace America's Creative, Jefferson has made great strides in youth education programming and cultural preservation and development. Known also among peers for her work as a special projects consultant for Preserving Diverse Cultures for Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, she is well known in various professional arts and community activated programs. Her latest curated project for 2017. The Afrosphere at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in the Egyptian Gallery.
