Black Arts as Resilience: Creating Our Own Income

Black Arts as Resistance: Creating Our Own Platforms

Throughout history, Black artists have done more than create—they have built entire ecosystems to sustain themselves and their communities. From publishing houses to record labels, theaters to art collectives, they understood that ownership was power.

During the Harlem Renaissance, figures like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston didn’t just write—they launched magazines and partnered with Black-owned newspapers to control their narratives. The Black Arts Movement of the 1960s took it further, founding independent theaters, printing presses, and media channels to amplify their voices on their own terms.

This legacy continues today. Culture isn’t just made—it’s sustained through infrastructure. When we invest in our own platforms, we ensure our stories aren’t diluted, co-opted, or erased.

Culturelle Collective exists in this lineage. We’re not just celebrating Black artistry—we’re building the structures that sustain it. That means funding artists directly, developing new spaces for creative expression, and making sure ownership stays where it belongs.

Support the movement. Build with us.

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