Arts & Culture

Using the arts as a catalyst and a place maker to rebuild communities and create business opportunities.

Mission:
‍To innovate an Arts program that is rooted in the reviving of one community (Opa-locka) with a global vision of advancing the African Diaspora experience and transforming communities.

Vision:
Our vision is to embrace the power of African Diaspora Art to inspire and transform communities.

Ten North Arts Foundation exists at the intersection of art, design, and public space. Through its exhibitions (both live and online), open access to its permanent art collection, educational programs, and apprenticeships and residencies, the Arts Foundation is a hub for African Diasporic creative placemaking. The Foundation’s approach to the arts is to be catalytic by serving as a place maker in rebuilding communities, creating business opportunities within the creative economy, attracting new audiences, and bringing greater awareness of African Diaspora Art to the broader community.

We foster Culture and the Arts in our Communities

+100M Invested in our Community

Ten North Group presents a collection of masters in modern and contemporary visual Art from Africa, Haiti, and the African Diaspora. This free event in the heart of Opa-Locka, sanctioned by Art Basel, is an important presentation of critical voices in the conversation at the intersection of Art, Community, and Cultural representation.

The voices of the African Diaspora

A collection of masters in modern and contemporary art from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Diaspora.

A black and white photograph from Ten North Group's contemporary art collection
A painting from Ten North Group's contemporary art collection
A painting from Ten North Group's contemporary art collection

Recent Exhibitions & Events

Opa-locka Light District

Created by O'Miami and Ten North Group, 10 city street lamps along Opa-Locka Boulevard have been transformed into poetry projection devices. The poems gathered can be found projected onto the walls and sidewalks of several buildings.

Student poems being projected onto the walls and streets of Opa-LockaStudent poems being projected onto the walls and streets of Opa-Locka
Student poems being projected onto the walls and streets of Opa-LockaStudent poems being projected onto the walls and streets of Opa-Locka
Close-up of contemporary African art statue

Beyond Tradition

Contemporary Sculptures from Africa

Created by O'Miami and Ten North Group, 10 city street lamps along Opa-Locka Boulevard have been transformed into poetry projection devices. The poems gathered can be found projected onto the walls and sidewalks of several buildings. Each poem addresses topics of light, democracy, public safety, transportation, and infrastructure.

Close-up of contemporary African art statueClose-up of contemporary African art statue
Close-up of contemporary African art statueClose-up of contemporary African art statue

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La reine Rwej (2019), an acrylic and collage on linen, is the creation of Congalese artist Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo. It is one of the many works in the Fragmented Worlds/Coherent Lives exhibition that will be on display at the Art & Recreation Center (ARC) in Opa-Locka.

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Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo, 'La reine Rwej', 2019, acrylic and collage on linen. Photograph courtesy of the artist and Le Galerie 38, Casablanca, Morocco.

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