Artopia

09/05/2020

Hawi is a fiery superhero. Consider backing this awesome Ethiopian-American creative effort by Etan Comics - Home of African Superheroes - the comic books and goodies make great gifts for all lovers of storytelling

After a masked mercenary kidnaps her mother, Emnet’s trip to Ethiopia turns into an epic quest in the legendary Aksumite empire!

09/01/2020

📢 Artopia is going live!! We are so excited to start our series of events with writer , on the one year anniversary of the publication of her debut novel, Daughters of Silence. Be sure to tune in at 6 PM on 9/10!! Hosted by ArtopiaDC member and events organizer .alem 🤗 More about our guest: Rebecca Fisseha is of the novel Daughters of Silence (2019, Goose Lane Editions ). Her stories, essays, and articles appear in Selamta, Room Magazine, The Maple Tree Literary Supplement, Aesthetica Magazine, The Rusty Toque, Joyland, Lithub, Medium, and most recently Addis Ababa Noir. Born in Ethiopia, Rebecca currently lives in Toronto. Rebecca’s writings explore the unique and universal aspects of the Ethiopian diaspora experience. She was named one of Six Canadian Writers of Black Heritage to Watch in 2020 by CBC Books (). Daughters of Silence was listed by the Canadian publishing industry magazine Quill & Quire () as one of the breakout debuts of 2019, and was one of Margaret Atwood’s two picks for the Readers and Writers Festival Spotlight Series.

08/17/2020

Pssst!! Artopia is going live! Save the date - Sept. 10th - for our first IG live event! Stay tuned for details. 🤗

08/07/2020

Congrats Artopia creative Elias Taddesse 🍾🎉🎉 We are excited to support a unique DC addition packed with Ethio-American culinary creativity.

The Mount Vernon Triangle restaurant from Michelin-starred Chef Elias Taddesse is two concepts in one.

06/29/2020

founder and brilliant artist is donating all of his works for a truly amazing cause - helping undocumented immigrants in DC during the pandemic. Inbox him for details. ➡️➡️ with
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Painting 005- 12” X 24” - Acrylic on Canvas - 100% donation to COVID-19 Relief Fund (focusing on undocumented immigrants around DC area)
Inbox me for details.

06/02/2020

We are devastated. But we are still standing, and each and every one of us have got to get to work. What specific actions have you vowed to take to affect change?

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So that they may see what they have become…
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So that they may see your light.
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So that we may see what they have always been.



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12/22/2019

Great piece! "It's not the role of artists -- whether from music, design, architecture, or fashion -- to portray an authentic version of Africa. Their role is to expand our expectations and our ideas of what Africa can be."

African art isn't a fad. It's a way to start important conversations on the global stage. British writer Ekow Eshun makes the case for why the term "African art" must be embraced.

12/10/2019

What an inspiring night! Thank you to for event photos, and HUGE thank you to all of our featured storytellers, who shared their incredibly creative works in writing, film, photography, comic books, painting, and comedy, just to name a few 😍😍👏🏾👏🏾 . To our growing community who came out and attended, supported, donated and volunteered - thank you!! We hope you enjoyed the night as much as we did! More photos on our Facebooks page 👉🏾 /artopiadc
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12/08/2019

12/04/2019

And the winner is (drumrolllll 🥁) .. you?! 😃 You might be the lucky one taking this beautiful work by our artist friend and talented painter home tomorrow night!! ❤️

12/02/2019

Three more days!! Last but absolutely not least, our final featured storyteller of the night: Chuckwunonso Angel Dureke!

Chuckwunonso is the Founder, President & CEO of Dureke Productions, LLC., a multimedia production house & creative agency.

She is a , and with years of experience in strategic storytelling, consulting, social media management, and concept creation.
She earned a Bachelors of Science in Mass Communications from Towson University and a Masters of Fine Arts from Howard University in film, writing, producing and directing tracks. As a multimedia producer with a creative agency, she has successfully produced several bodies of work, amongst them are "Plantain and Proverbs" streaming live now on Amazon Prime Video and selected for Amazon's 1st All Voice's Film Festival; "Bride Price" the Inaugural 1st place $30,000 shorts Pitch Competition Winner for the Annapolis Film Festival ; "AGE" a shirt film , and "The Black Code Project" a feature documentary shot on an i-phone. Her latests body of work, "Black Excellence" is now streaming on all digital platforms including, Tidal, Amazon, Apple Music, VeVo and more. 👏🏾🙌🏾

Chuckwunonso believes that part of her life's purpose is to teach the youth and millienials about the power of entrepreneurship and creative thinking as the President of (WETATi) Next Generation Corporate and Multimedia Producer of (WETATi) We're Empowered To Achieve the Impossible. In 2017, NkemLife, her 1st generation lifestyle blog that she runs with her old sister Chidinma Dureke of CHDeisgnz, was featured in the Post for aiming to bring more Maggi (seasoning used widely in cooking)to the Washington DC. She has also worked as a social media correspondent with for 2018. In addition, in 2019, Ms. Dureke was selected to a Fellow for the 2019 Film Festival Fellow and is also a 2018 and 2019 Blackhouse Foundation Fellow.
For more info., visit DurekeProductions.com or email [email protected].