RENAISSANCE - Artistic revival - VILLAGE - Community - PROJECT -  A specific plan or design 

We are a U.S. based co-operative of African diasporic-centered musicians, dancers, singers, visual artists, writers and poets who provide training and educational offerings as an alternative form of social and economic development, with the human placed at the center.   We are  Arts Educators with a specific focus on Arts Integration.

           

THE RENAISSANCE VILLAGE

PROJECT

WHAT IS THE RENAISSANCE VILLAGE PROJECT ?

The continent of Africa is made up of 53 countries with people from thousands of different ethnic groups, each with its own distinct language, traditions, arts and crafts, history, way of life and religion. At the same time, over the centuries the different groups have influenced one another, contributed to, and enriched one another's culture.  

So many people tend to judge other people's actions and ways of life by their own cultural values. The media often depicts Africa as place of deserts, savannas and animals or of starving children and adults who live in rural areas where they’re being tormented by flies and dying of terminal diseases. As a result, when teaching about Africa, stereotypes and biases naturally creep in. We need to steer away from this ethnocentric view.  "Learning about the Africa through the arts is a fun and interesting way to not only teach and engage but to ultimately create an environment for understanding and appreciating its diverse cultures or way of life and societies."

WHY TEACH ABOUT AFRICA THROUGH THE ARTS?

WHAT IS ARTS INTEGRATION?

CONTACT

Trina Soumare/

Tel: 1-954-687-5789/

Fax: 1-954-719-2430/

Email: thebridgecae@aol.com/

Renaissance Village Project/

U.S.A.

Founder and Artistic Director

Trina S. Soumare

The J.F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts defines arts integration as an APPROACH to TEACHING  in which students construct and demonstrate UNDERSTANDING through an ART FORM  .  Students engage in a CREATIVE PROCESS which CONNECTS an art form and another subject area and meets EVOLVING OBJECTS in both.