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Celebrate Blackness

In 1975, the founders of Black Dimensions in Art, Inc., engaged and inspired by the Black Arts Movement, civil rights movement, and Black liberation movement, applied this energy to create a supportive space to showcase nationally known Black Artists as well as their own community of Black artists. Author Mars Hill and artist Margaret Cunningham (founder of Hamilton Hill Arts Center) likely did not imagine, back in 1975, that nearly fifty years later the work of Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. would be thriving.

For its 50th anniversary, BDA seeks to reflect upon this legacy, crafting a detailed record of its past, while pushing forward into the future. Specifically, we are seeking your support to fund a filmmaker who will present BDA as part of an artistic continuum of historic significance in the visual arts. The film will feature interviews with founding and current board members, collaborating organizations and institutions, as well as artists who have been exhibited in BDA exhibitions for over the past 50 years. The film will continue the work of documenting our own Black histories, our legacies, and the future of Black excellence supported and promoted by Black Dimensions in Art, Inc.

The first 500 donors will be listed as co-producers in the documentary credits.