{"id":753,"date":"2026-05-12T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/?page_id=753"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:42:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>About Us<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9400;\"><strong>Vision &amp; Mission<\/strong><\/span><br \/>Le African Art Center s\u2019inspire du concept de centre d\u2019art pour donner vie \u00e0 une plateforme d\u00e9di\u00e9e au rayonnement de la cr\u00e9ation contemporaine africaine et diasporique.<br \/>\u00c0 la crois\u00e9e d\u2019un espace d\u2019exp\u00e9rimentation, de diffusion et de r\u00e9flexion, il se d\u00e9veloppe \u00e9galement comme un centre de ressources et de documentation multim\u00e9dia rassemblant des contenus exclusifs qui t\u00e9moignent de la richesse, de la diversit\u00e9 et de l\u2019unicit\u00e9 des pratiques artistiques du continent africain et de sa diaspora.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9400;\"><strong>Histoire<\/strong><\/span><strong><\/strong><br \/>Fond\u00e9 en 2022 sous l\u2019appellation initiale de Brussel African Art Center, \u00e0 l\u2019initiative de Sandra Agbessi et de St\u00e9phanie De Lima, cofondatrices et codirectrices, le centre se d\u00e9veloppe progressivement autour d\u2019une volont\u00e9 de cr\u00e9er un espace de r\u00e9flexion, de cr\u00e9ation et de collaborations d\u00e9di\u00e9 aux sc\u00e8nes artistiques contemporaines africaines et diasporiques.<br \/>Dans une premi\u00e8re phase d\u2019implantation, la structure a privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 le d\u00e9veloppement de ses diff\u00e9rents d\u00e9partements et r\u00e9seaux, avec l\u2019inauguration du d\u00e9partement Viewing Room &amp; Projects, permettant de collaborer avec des artistes, curateurs et intervenants issus des sc\u00e8nes bruxelloise et internationale.<br \/>Si une partie du travail men\u00e9 reste peu visible du grand public, celui-ci contribue activement \u00e0 la consolidation du centre \u00e0 travers la pr\u00e9paration de projets \u00e9ditoriaux, d\u2019expositions, de partenariats et de programmes qui verront progressivement le jour d\u00e8s l\u2019automne 2026.<br \/>Afin de refl\u00e9ter une vision plus large d\u00e9passant le cadre bruxellois, la structure a choisi d\u2019adopter, en 2025, une nouvelle appellation African Art Center. Ce changement affirme une volont\u00e9 de d\u00e9velopper des projets \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale, entre l\u2019Afrique, l\u2019Europe et les diasporas, \u00e0 travers une nouvelle phase d\u2019actions et de collaborations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Design-sans-titre.png\" title=\"Design sans titre\" width=\"396\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Design-sans-titre.png 396w, https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Design-sans-titre-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" class=\"wp-image-661\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-753","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1153,"href":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753\/revisions\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanartcenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}