PAST PROJECTS:

  • KASSA: Celebrate Harvest with Coco, Kwanza & Kenneth (East End Arts - AUGUST 2015)
  • West African Dance with Miss Coco: journey of body, rhythm and environment (Animate the Waterfront Toronto - AUGUST 2016)​​
  • Coco Cultural Arts Academy (JANUARY - AUGUST 2017) funding by Toronto Arts Council
Coco Cultural Arts Academy
Description: This integrated cultural arts program used artistic mediums of storytelling, rhythm, dance and visual arts each session. Cultural practitioners from Coco Collective engage learners through cultural knowledge from different ethnic groups, representative of African and Caribbean countries. With specialized units, participants benefit from the cultural education provided by our inter-generational, professional team of artists. This  program launched in January 2017 in West Toronto (North Etobicoke in Rexdale) and ended successfully in August 2017.  We thank the Toronto Arts Council for its funding contribution.

We would like to thank The Black Experience Project for visiting.  They captured our program activities, as a form of positive identity affirmation and lived experience.   Click here to view the video.


The cultural program is an excellent blend. I wanted my daughter to be proud of heritage and of her ancestors.  This program has taught my daughter so much, but it has also reaffirmed the pride I have for where I come from.
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