CAC@SJB Mission Statement

The Mission of the Center for the Arts & Culture at St. John the Baptist is to raise public awareness, appreciation, and understanding of art as an effective tool that assists in the growth and empowerment of Afro and Latino (youth and adult) community residents, as well as to enrich the quality of life within the community through the celebration of art, culture, and community activism.

CAC@SJB's main gallery a.k.a. the Danielle Locario Gallery

About the Center for the Arts & Culture @SJB:

Founded in 2002 by community residents and parishioners of St. John the Baptist church in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, CAC@SJB is a grassroots, volunteer-driven, holistic, community-based, arts program located inside the Parish Center of historic St. John the Baptist R.C. Church in Brooklyn, NY. It is an interdisciplinary, multi-purpose space for art, thought, and activism. CAC@SJB provides a space where artists and community residents can interact with one another by utilizing the many forms of art as a means for learning, teaching, collaborating, and sharing their gifts for the main purpose of helping foster a deeper appreciation, and understanding of Afro and Latino art, culture, and realities within the community. While focused on being an international forum for the examination and expression of concepts central to Afro and Latino experiences, through the arts, CAC@SJB aims to address issues confronting the community such as education, poverty, drugs, violence, war, race, politics, immigration, housing, family life, and spirituality. The Center continually organizes innovative art exhibitions, presentations, performances, including spoken word / poetry events, and educational activities for all the youth and adult community residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, and the surrounding communities in Brooklyn, NY. All CAC@SJB's special events and presentations are open to the public.

The services provided at CAC@SJB are available to all community residents regardless of race, color, creed, sexual preference, sexual orientation, religious belief, or disability.