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Feb 1, 15 & 24 - Akwaaba - A Pan Afrikan Extravaganza @ CHACC

AKWAABA returns this February to Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center (CHACC), located at  3200 Martin Luther King Avenue SE.  CHACC  + NationHouse will host it's 2nd Annual Pan-Afrikan extravaganza  + fundraising art exhibit featuring original art created by their students. 

Founded by socially conscious visual and performance artists who attended Howard University in the late 1960s, NationHouse Positive Action Center is celebrating its 44th year of educating families in historical and cultural truth. ​

The name of the exhibit, Akwaaba, means welcome in the Ghanaian language of Twi, and this will be an opportunity to welcome this new partnership with CHACC and the community at large. This month long exhibit with events on February 2nd, 16th and 25th will raise awareness for NationHouse and raise funds for the school's programs and growth. It provides the students and teachers a chance to showcase their art for the wider community.

  • February 1st from 7:30pm to 9:30pm is the opening reception.

  • February 15th from 7pm to 10pm is the founders' birthday celebration featuring live jazz from Akua Allrich + The Tribe

  • February 24th from 11am, to 2:30pm featuring brunch and the children's show

Feel free to stop by CHACC to view and purchase NationHouse's original art pieces, and please come to our events. 

This February, let's not just study Black history, let's make it!