WELCOME TO ARETE ARTS
OUR VISION
Our community provides platforms to amplify the voices and messages of contemporary African artists through exhibitions and small private events. Through our foundation, we provide small grant support for creative initiatives across the African continent that use art to connect and engage people and advance their social and environmental impact. We select art projects which deepen our relationships and which create more inclusive and sustainable communities.
Art speaks from – and to – our deepest selves. With the power to illuminate and challenge entrenched thinking, art helps us to see changing and complex issues from new vantage points. The name ‘arete’ itself speaks to this interplay of multiple interpretations. As a geological term, it refers to the rocky ridge that is created when two glaciers meet, resulting in a dramatic vantage point from which one can see far and wide. It also evokes the Greek meaning of expressing the fullest and best potential of one’s essence.
ARETE ARTS COMMUNITY
ARETE ARTS FOUNDATION
SUPPORTING ART AT THE GRASSROOTS
Art is a powerful way to engage people emotionally and deepen the discourse around social and environmental topics. Art can provide an entry point for reflection and debate that ultimately changes the way we think about issues – which can then lead to action. Art also welcomes a plurality of perspectives. We select projects that use art to create more inclusive and sustainable communities.
- Based in Africa
- Art projects which advance social or environmental change
- Are community led and inclusive
- Can extend their reach or deepen their impact with
targeted funding support - Create opportunities for vulnerable or marginalized communities
JOIN US
DONATIONS CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT
When you support the Arete Arts Foundation you are connecting with a dynamic and creative global community. Funds support grassroots projects that use art to help create change. This includes everything from allowing more school children to visit museums, ocean clean ups, public installations, exchange visits and participation in global events designed to cross-fertilize ideas and inspiration.
DONATEArete Arts Kai Society corporate and individual donors have provided anchor funding and are part of an exclusive community and receive regular invitations to engage through events, trips and special experiences.
ART TRANSFORMING MINDS AND NATURE
A COMMUNITY CONNECTED BY AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ART
We connect established and emerging contemporary African artists with buyers and those who appreciate the transformational power of art. We focus on artistic storytelling about social and climate justice. Profits directly support grassroots projects working with emerging artists and the Arete Arts Foundation. We are grateful for the commentary and work of the artists that feature in the Afroprophetic book, profiled below.
- Book publications
- Art sales
- Private dinners and events
- Collaboration with galleries and art institutions
- Bespoke travel experiences to connect with African artists and art initiatives
AFROPROPHETIC BOOK
Africa serves as both a sobering harbinger of what lies ahead for our planet AND has a resilient energy captured by artists that points to a reimagined future
In this inaugural publication, Afroprophetic: Art transforming minds and nature, we focus on the expansive theme of our relationship with the environment and how to protect and value Africa’s incredible landscapes and natural heritage. Profits support a myriad of art projects across Africa that engage young people and communities in dialogue about the relationship between humans and the natural environment. This dialogue probes themes of planetary health and the complex challenges of sustainable development.
Profits from book sales are donated to Arete Arts Foundation to directly benefit grassroots projects and artists
CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR FIRST PUBLICATION
FEATURED ARTISTS
TRANSFORM MINDS
If you are an artist and would like to join our community - whether through selling your art, recommending a social impact project or participating in our events - we would love to hear from you.
REACH OUTIMPACT LIVES
Donate directly to the Arete Arts Foundation or host a bespoke event that can increase the reach of the art and the reflections they inspire. Funds raised will be distributed to selected grassroots initiatives.
DONATEJOIN THE COMMUNITY
If you fit into all or none of the above, drop us a line. Art has a place everyone and can spark some creative ideas. We’d love to hear them.
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OUR PEOPLE