August Wilson African American Cultural Center

This year, your donation has twice the impact! 💰

Thanks to two generous anonymous donors, the first $10,000 AWAACC receives through the 2026 Give 8/28 campaign will be matched dollar for dollar! 

When you support AWAACC this #Give828, you are preserving our collective memories for the next generation. You are honoring the vibrancy and resilience of the African diaspora. And you are preserving the Center as a place where the next generation can come for inspiration and connection to history.

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The AWAACC is the largest Black multidisciplinary arts center in the country. We celebrate and showcase the power of storytelling in all its forms: sparking dialogue and transforming the way we think about the world and each other.

The mission of the August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC) is to own and operate a home for the arts, storytelling, learning and exchange around the African American experience and the rich culture of the African diaspora. We are guided by the enduring truths and essential values evident in the work of August Wilson.  

Our programs include visual art exhibitions, live performances (music, dance, theater), film screenings, literary series, culinary events, education, and community engagement. Our permanent exhibition, August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape is the first of its kind dedicated to life and work of August Wilson. We are proud to provide a platform for both established and emerging artists of color whose work reflects the universal issues of identity that Wilson tackled, and which still resonate today. 

Each year, we welcome more than 100,000 local and national visitors. More than half of our programs offer free or affordable admission, to support broad participation and accessibility. By presenting and supporting work that spans the breadth of Black creativity and artistic expression, we are able to reach the broadest possible audience, offering everyone who comes through our Center’s doors – or attends an AWAACC event off-site – an experience that will resonate with their interests and meet them where they are, while opening the door to new cultural engagement.  

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“The Center offers a counterweight to erasure. It preserves the artistic record, supports contemporary creators, educates audiences, and keeps African American culture visible in civic space. Its existence insists that Black history is not confined to February, slavery, civil rights, or crisis. It includes theater, abstraction, jazz, fashion, family, migration, food, language, spirituality, protest, comedy, and the everyday acts by which people make meaning.”

“The House That August Built,” Kolumn Magazine
https://www.kolumnmagazine.com/2026/06/14/the-house-that-august-built/