ZCCD
ZIMBABWE CULTURAL CENTRE IN DETROIT’Smission is to educate, archive, & promote the arts & culture of Zimbabwe. We continuously strive to encourage strong ties between culture-producers & residents in Zimbabwe, Detroit, & abroad, acting as catalysts for critical artistic production as well as cultural exchange between communities.
COMRADES /
JESSICA ALLIE
LEADERSHIP / FRIENDS /
ZCCD BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2017-19
ZCCD BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2017-19
Jessica Allie served as a ZCCD Board Member for two years and facilitated Makoomba when they did there residency in Detroit. She is a Detroit based curator, arts facilitator, and founder of Shylo Arts. Currently, she is the Detroit Director for ProjectArt, a free youth arts education and artists residency held in several Detroit Public Libraries. As a native Detroiter she has worked with many cultural institutions such as the National Conference of Artists, Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Red Bull Arts Detroit, ApexArt, and Contemporary&. Her main focus is exploring how the arts continue to act as a means of cultural preservation among change.
▲ Jessica Allie (Centre looking at Camera)with ZCCD Residents Makoomba from Zimbabwe and Video Seven from Detroit having a jam session at SoundHouse, Detroit.
▲ With Makoomba at Trinasophes in Eastern Market, Detroit. Behind Jessica is George Rahme, a ZCCD agent.
▲ Jessica Allie (Right) with fellow ZCCD Board Member, Masimba Hwati.