AstroSankofa Arts Initiatives

Building off of the illustrated vision of Carnegie Hall's first-ever commission art piece by interstellar artivist and visual griot Quentin VerCetty in 2020-2021. AstroSankofa Arts Initiative is an artist collective and nonprofit organization that aims to expand imaginations with creative exploration of the connection to the past, present and future through the West African concept of sankofa. The practice of this is called “Sankofanology.” Sankofanology is at the heart of the organization's work as it relates to Afrofuturism, which centres stories and practices toward the healing, growth, evolution and exponential potential of people of African descent. As a collective and not-for-profit organization, the aim is to provide diverse opportunities for creatives to share their artistic gifts within various community settings both in public art and web3 multi-metaverses. The initiatives include but are not limited to the curation and production of exhibitions, public art installation productions, conventions and panels, and Web3 interventions such as non-fungible token projects and metaverse expeditions. AstroSankofa Arts Initiative is the steward of the Black Speculative Arts Movement Canada ®©™ activities and events, founded and coined by Quentin VerCetty in 2016. AstroSankofa Arts Initiative will continue to build with the national network of associated Black Speculative Arts Movement artists throughout Canada and the international branch chapters and communities associated. The innovation of what we bring forward adds spectacular feats for the Black Speculative Arts Movement in Canada.