Foundation for Contemporary Art
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The Foundation for Contemporary Art (FCA) is a Ghanaian visual arts foundation that aims to create an active network and provide a critical forum for the development of contemporary art in Ghana. Based in Accra, the FCA was founded in 2004 and currently about 100 members, as well as an advisory board and an executive board.
The objectives of the FCA are four-fold:
- Organize exhibitions, seminars, workshops and publications to raise the awareness of and develop critical thinking about contemporary art in Ghana
- Establish a resource centre of arts-related texts available for consultation, research and documentation
- Create a website to promote contemporary art in Ghana
- Establish a public database of artists, arts organizations, art businesses, galleries and others interested in contemporary art in Ghana
