GRIOT
COLLECTIVE
INVITED CONCIOUS
ARTISTS ARROUND THE WORLD
To join us From
Feb. 10th to the 17th, when we will be celebrating in San
José, Costa Rica our second annual Underground
Festival:
" ARTE
DE LA CALLE '07 "
This is an annual festival which purpouse is to create and promote conciousness in our communities. Then February 18th to the 23rd the 1st Congress for Urban Arts and Creative Responsibility.
Inscriptions are now CLOSED [email protected] NOTE:
Only Concious and Educational Art is welcomed. "Arte
de la Calle" is a space free of all forms of discrimination
based on age, etnicity, creed or religion, nationality,
sex or sexual orientation.
WHO WE ARE?
A space for the integration
and development of urban arts. The Griot Collective is a community initiative
born in July of 2005, where a group of artists of varied disciplines unified in a joint effort to create positive change in our communities and society at large.
"Arte de la Calle" (art for the streets) is a community initiative where a group of artist, both
emerging and of ample background, donate their time and efforts to it's development. by creating community programs and workshops, and coordinating a masive festival every year where all artists can share ideas and cooperate in the spirit of infusing consciousness into our environment
Griots: Arte de la Calle, Arte con Conciencia (Art from the Street, Art with Continence) is a project that seeks to create the integration, inclusion and development of urban arts and the diverse modern manifestations of community arts, encouraging ideas of community pride and identity and the focus on respo0nsability through and the interest in our society and community. This is also a space of exchange for local and international artist, so we open an invitation to all who wish to join us in our events and activities.