In the aftermath of George Floyds murder and the #Black Lives Matter Protests following further criminal loss of lives; NBAA received increased requests for advice and support on the way forward for arts and culture. NBAA has endeavoured to continue providing cultural sector support, information and advice alongside responding to cultural enquiries. This was particularly the case during Black History Month. Having given support we now find ourselves facing financial problems.

We remain committed to supporting anti-racist progress in the arts and helping our extensive network of Black artists in any and every way we can. However, as an organisation with no regular funding, it is hard to meet the ongoing demand. With your support we can!

NBAA (formerly BAA) works across art forms to create productions that challenge perceptions of Black culture and that celebrate the many dimensions of Black heritage. It employs the arts as a learning vehicle to assist disadvantaged and disenfranchised individuals, particularly where they run the risk of civil law infringement, using the wide-ranging creative skills and social experiences of the company. NBAA aims to respond to and initiate work without prejudice and with due regard to geography, origin, gender, age, marital and economic status, sexual orientation, disability, education, cultural heritage and background.

In 2007-2008, the Arts Council England, following a review of regularly funded organisations, culled its portfolio by 185 clients. The media coverage was vast and thereby assisted in a few organisations retaining their funding. Months later Black Arts Alliance was also disinvested but with no media coverage.

Deflated but undeterred we re-launched as National Black Arts Alliance more reflective of what had always been the range of the membership. Now reliant on successful one-off project funding NBAA has continued to support the sector with multifarious project work.

www.ourmothers.org The lives of white women in interracial marriages. HLF funded

www.afrosolouk.com African migration to the UK from 1925 to 1965. HLF funded

Black History Month for Greater Manchester

Remembering Tomorrow - Grundvtig cultural exchange learners project for refugees based in Ireland, Spain and Netherlands. ETOC funded

It is 2020 and NBAA is still here. Individual members reap the success their creative skills warrant. NBAA is still the go-to organisation receiving enquiries for artists and cultural diversity advice from sector partners. NBAA recognises that success is achieved through partnership working.

Our History. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Black_Arts_Alliance

In its fundraising efforts and work across the arts NBAA acknowledges independent finance support from:

Les Bougies Baroques International vocal and period instrument ensemble

Rosie Moon. Bassist/Wordsmith

Bird on The Wire Independent promoter

Alix Autumn Artist.

Supporters of NBAA's work across the arts in its fundraising efforts.

Emory Douglas Minister of Culture, Black Panther Party, USA 1967-80 https://tinyurl.com/y5vl2tea

Lois Keidan, Co-founder/Director, LADA. https://tinyurl.com/yx96n3kj

Idris Ackamoor - Founder/Ex- Dir Cultural Odyssey. USA https://idrisackamoor.bandcamp.com/

John McGrath Director M.I.F. https://tinyurl.com/y58yv7fd

Professor Deborah Willis New York University USA https://tinyurl.com/y5bcx7a3

Professor Hakim Adi https://www.hakimadi.org/

Rhodessa Jones USA. https://pma.cornell.edu/rhodessa-jones

Lamin Manneh Former British Army Guardsman https://tinyurl.com/y33h2vj5

Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) https://lintonkwesijohnson.com/

Margaret Busby Editor New Daughters of Africa https://tinyurl.com/y4bf7ccj

Dave Moutrey Director/CEO of HOME https://tinyurl.com/y3bg6nqr

Jatinder Verma MBE Theatre activist/founder Tara Arts 1976-2019 https://tinyurl.com/y5nxz7ut

Bryan Biggs, Artistic Director, Bluecoat https://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/

Black is a political expression representing the arts and culture drawn from ancestral heritages of South Asia, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean and, in more recent times, owing to global conflict, our newly arrived compatriots known collectively as refugees. It acknowledges and respects the diversities that exist and the different historic experiences that have been encountered and survived.

We want to be still here many more years. If you would like to support our work, please donate.