Bipoc Led Arts Advocacy Coalition
Our Mission - To reimagine creative sector advocacy and organizing practices in a cooperative liberatory network.
Our Vision - A world where policy and advocacy work feels relevant, rooted and inspired by the issues in all communities.
"We have been working behind the scenes since 2020 to create an arts advocacy coalition that works for all artists and speaks to the issues that matter most to BIPOC artists" - BLAAC Founding Member
Empowering BIPOC Voices
<5%
Of national funding goes to artist in the South who are predominantly BIPOC*
*Freedom Maps: Activating legacies of culture, art, and activism in the U.S. South." Freedom Maps report 07/27/2020.
25%
BIPOC organizations receive less than 25% of all arts cutorial, artistic and leadership positions in the country.*
*2018 Local Arts Agency Salary Survey (data collected during September-October 2018)
49%
Black students experienced a 49% reduction in arts education in 2021. White student experienced no decline*
*American Academy of Arts and Sciences Reort, 2021 study