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​WELCOME TO

CELAFI'25 ARCHIVE

There's a lot to celebrate in 2017:

Canada is turning 150 and the CELAFI 1992 and 1997 Celebrating African Identity, Conference/Festival is marking the 25th year following its inception. The CELAFI'25 Archive launch commemorates and documents what was an explosive tour de force of creativity by Black Canadian Artists that filled a collective ten official days with music, dance, theatre, fashion, forums, visual art, literature, oral tradition, body adorning wearable art, film and video. CELAFI'25 website is a comprehensive archive and publicly accessible resource that permanently imprints on Canada's public record the cultural and artistic body of work contributed by Black Canadians as they neared the 21st century and built a platform upon which other artists could stand and thrive.

CELAFI'25 Online Archive is a multi-faceted collection of contemporary artifacts created by Black Artists. It currently contains an index of over 1000 artists, 100 artifacts, publications,  images, exhibition and performance catalogues, interviews, media coverage and artist profiles... plus from both CELAFI'92 and CELAFI'97.

February 1, 2017 during Black History Month,

CELAFI'25 Online kicked off 150 days’ countdown to

July 1, Canada Day - Soft Launch  and the website preview.  

The archive will expand and evolve as we continue to add to the collection over the course of the year-long celebration and beyond.

September 1, Labour Day  official website launch,

February  2018

MISSION STATEMENT

Art embodies the story of a people and their history. Celafi'25 archival mission: Preserve, validate, promote and make accessible, through digital footprint, the art of Canada's Black artist past, present, and visioning the future 

 

VISION STATEMENT

Building legacy; Igniting the FUTURE

THEMES:

art heals, art connects, art educates, art provokes, art matters

EXPLORING & NAVIGATING CELAFI’25 SITE

The site contains roughly 150 artifacts (if you include slides and photographs from OG archive binder), containing: 
500 participants (92 & 97)

  • 1000 images (artwork, photos, design icons and etc.)

  • 200 bios (this is not confirmed at all, I have to do a count)

  • 75 papers (curatorial and programming essays)

  • 30 venues across Toronto (see venue page)

To help viewers, users,  explore the site  and navigate the online archive

1. List of Artifacts contained on this site

2. Participants and Contributors index includes detail list of artists, academics, programmers, curators, etc.,

2. Artists Discipline, from visual arts to ....

4. CELAFI Venues & Sites  spanning the ...

5. CELAFI'25 Facebook (social media) releases daily samples from the artifacts and archive along with factoids

NEXT STEPS:

In the future we will be releasing curated content and a special Education focus. more details on that can be found

  • Educators

  • Special Events

Soft launched official website launch.

Celafi92 program-cover_Page_001_edited
Ayanna Now cover pic_edited
icons cover_edited
Celafi92 program-art headlines 4_edited_edited
Barbara Hall invite RNFront - 1
7. Literature Bookmark
CELAFI sticker
2. Artists Lane - ROM
2. TRANSFORMING THE IMAGE- cover
doyle 1_edited
4. Celafi 1997 Film and Video - cover
Slide2_edited
gallery 44- Traces - photography_edited
Literature_edited
Music-Live events Harbourfront_edited
Design_edited
5. Ekabo -Yuroba family day
Austin Clarke tribute invite_edited_edited
GlobeAndMail 1997_edited
3. Africanadian Playwrites conference_cover
Black essentials _ Ita
word-up1_edited
Theatre_edited
2. from the street_-cover
img017_edited
Revue Noire
AGO invite_edited
ayanna black
Slide3_edited
Celafi 1997 Poster_edited_edited
2. from the street_-cover
summer celebrations- Chatham_Page_1_edited
Dandelion_740_edited
YYZ_edited
Share - Buseje - 1 of 4_edited
2. Revue Noire book_Page_077_edited
word up
2. Revue Noire book_Page_080_edited
rabbit tight - scarlett_edited
celafi_Page_1_edited
dance_edited_edited
call for designer_edited
The creation of an African Oddessey_edited
Politics and Icons of representation_edited
now_edited
bump n hustle
Literature_edited
Design_edited
Austin Clarke tribute invite_edited_edited
GlobeAndMail 1997_edited
Nkiru Nzegwu
2. Revue Noire book_Page_005_edited
2. Revue Noire book_Page_026
Buseje-word-up
2. Revue Noire book_Page_065
2. Revue Noire book_Page_013
2. Revue Noire book_Page_014
Sher-Word-up
2. Revue Noire book_Page_001_edited
2. Revue Noire book_Page_056
2. Revue Noire book_Page_012_edited
Celafi92 program-144pgs_Page_046 - Caslysle Matthew_edited
donna lee bolden_edited
2. Revue Noire book_Page_021
2. Revue Noire book_Page_067
Melinda M
Design flyer_edited
artis Lanephoto_edited
2. Revue Noire book_Page_063
barpigtails_edited
Celafi 1997 Poster_edited_edited
now_edited
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