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By Move4ART
When African Repertory Troupe, Inc. aka the Other ART was formed (15 years ago), its founders held out hope that it would find support for stage works written by playwrights, poets, and storytellers of African descent.  Even as the company worked its way through the morass of paperwork associated with organizing a non-profit corporation, it faced space constraints. 

 Space to build capacity; space to hold auditions, rehearsals, and staged readings; space to meet, to write, to play.  Finding space (of all varieties) has always required a great deal of creativity. 
Although the Other ART found a temporary home from time to time, it was too short-lived to stabilize our operations. So we adapted: we've presented works in all kinds of 'flexible' spaces.  

In 2004 we established Mattapan Cultural Arts Development to explore the feasibility of establishing an arts center in Mattapan.   The purpose being, not only to provide a base of operations for the Other ART's programs, but to bring all kinds of art to Mattapan.  

We hope others will be invested in making art happen in Mattapan as well.  
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