Levantine Cultural Center's mission is to promote peace among the cultures of the Middle East, by presenting the literary, performing and visual arts to diverse audiences, in the context of dialogue and discovery. Our activities seek to inform both the general public and the media about the Middle East not through the lens of conflict and war, but through its wealth of culture, history, creative production and intellectual achievement.
Imagine an oasis of harmonious coexistence, right here in Los Angeles, where artists illumine our minds and entertain at the same time. You have imagined Levantine Cultural Center.
We strive to be an oasis of cultural exploration, peace, exchange and understanding. Devoted to the Middle East and North Africa, Levantine Cultural Center, headquartered in Los Angeles, serves as a crossroads between contemporary arts and traditional cultures.
We present or cosponsor programs that celebrate the music, dance, poetry, literature, film and video, painting, sculpture, new media, new ideas, and the oral histories of this fascinating, diverse region of the world. From the the cultures of the Levant to the Arab spirit of Al-Andalus, from Greece and Turkey to North Africa, from the cultures of West Asia, including Iran and Pakistan to the Gulf States, the Center expressly includes and honors the many cultures of this vast region.
Perhaps what makes Levantine Cultural Center most unique is that we celebrate both majority and minority cultures, rather than taking a nationalistic approach, so you will find here that most everyone is represented, including Armenian, Bedouin, Kabyl, Kurdish and Sephardi/Mizrahi cultures. Our programs are welcoming and inclusive; as a result, audiences at our events are extremely diverse.
Founded in 2001 as a not-for-profit arts organization, we seek to create or support innovative programs focusing on the expression of artists and writers, performers and philosophers, dreamers and visionaries. Many Levantine cultures are under-represented in American life, and often misunderstood.
We are organizing to support gallery exhibits, lectures, performance art, live concerts, public dialogue, festivals, book groups, conferences, workshops, film and video screenings, oral history and radio recordings, new media productions and much more. You can help by becoming a sponsor.
Our ultimate vision is the creation of a permanent, landmark cultural arts complex that will be a mecca for Middle Eastern/North African cultures in Southern California.
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