Agape Collective: business empowerment and marketing. We work with major businesses, brands and start ups to create, advise and lead strategies to empower and advance the goals and opportunities.
Agape Collective is also dedicated to enriching communities through art and culture. We work with artists, local communities, and corporate partners to create vibrant, engaging, and sustainable cultural experiences. Our services include artist management, gallery exhibitions, public art installations, and community engagement initiatives.
-The Kulture Museum: located in Chicago Illinois 629 W. Cermak. It is an artist gallery, artist studio, Entrepreneurship workspace and Event Space. We host many community, empowerment workshops, artist events, shows, and experiences. Home of 10 visual artist, 9 entrepreneurs and 6 performing artist.
-Mogul Nation: youth entrepreneurship training. We work with youth 7 to 23 on becoming entrepreneurs, art therapy workshops, internships paid, and a host of additional experiences and programs to a rich and empower the youth of Chicago and beyond.
**Current Grants:**
1. **Chicago Community Trust:** Funding for murals and streetscape projects, focusing on public art and community beautification.
2. **CNT Chicago City Grant:** Assistance grant supporting 60 new developments in Chicago, promoting creative placemaking.
3. **MacArthur Foundation:** Creative placemaking grant supporting art-driven community projects and public engagement.
**Elevated Chicago Creative Strategist:** Lead consultant on art and community strategy for Elevated Chicago, focusing on culturally inclusive development.
**Current Clients:**
- **City of Chicago Art and Culture TA:** Technical assistance for public art and cultural programming.
- **Elevated Chicago:** Partnering on art and community engagement initiatives.
- **The Balm in Gilead:** Agency of record for marketing and community outreach.
- **I See Music:** Agency of record for creative direction and strategy.
- **Kohl’s Department Store:** Contracted for marketing services and cultural programming.
- **Premium Flooring:** Providing marketing and branding services.
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U.S. Census Bureau: Scope: Reach 1 million citizens during the height of the Covid 19 pandemic in underserved communities. Scope included: 360 marketing, creative, project management, outreach and brand awareness campaign: social media, outreach, events, sponsorship, in person activations, in home pop ups, partnership alignment, grassroots street teams, school workshops, meal give always and much more.
Centers For New Horizons: Marketing Agency of Record: Scope includes full-service marketing for their 7 departments that support over 6000 families a year throughout Chicago. Marketing, strategy, project management, 50th-anniversary rebranding and relaunch, outreach in the community on the many initiatives they serve.
City of Chicago Majors Office: Victim services initiatives: scope of work to develop a full victim services campaign that works with the 8 city-funded organizations to provide services for victims and loved ones of victims: to include strategy, marketing, project management, org liaison, asset development, outreach, and participate in the victim services advisory team.
Start-up Mary Jane Cafe: cannabis-infused restaurant in Chicago, celebrating the educational and health: scope: marketing, branding materials, creative expansion.
I See Music: Training in music production and instruments for the totally or partial blind. Help desk to Be My Eyes, a Google partnership. Scope: marketing, sponsorship, brand awareness and expansion.
Kohls Corporate: Content and strategy to develop custom content to the target audience.
Agape Collective represents a diverse roster of talented artists, providing them with opportunities to showcase their work, access resources, and grow professionally. Our management services include artist representation, marketing, event coordination, and portfolio development.
**Artists Manage:** - Roger J. Carter- Mike Stidham- Sheila
**Artists Represented:**- Paul Branton- Robert Lewis Clark- Alan Emerson Hicks- Fanta- Others
Agape Black Art Walk, Mogul Nation empowerment preview, Community initiatives and support, ambassadors for the culture
The Kulture Museum 629 W. Cermak (2nd & 3rd floor. Moving soon). Is a collaborative setting combining galleries, artist studios, and event space to empower and celebrate the creative culture. The Kulture Museum is home to master Artist. Roger J. Carter, Robert Lewis Clark, Alan Emerson, Uneq’ka McNeal, Paul Branton, Mike Stidham, Sam Thousand. Also home of several entrepreneurs as a co-working creative space.
Mission: To empower communities through art by supporting artists and creating inclusive spaces that foster creativity, collaboration, and cultural enrichment. We strive to use art as a tool for community development, education, and engagement.
Vision: To become a leading cultural institution that bridges the gap between artists and communities, fostering sustainable cultural ecosystems that thrive on creativity and collaboration.
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