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Together, we can keep the Carr Center strong.

Together, we can keep Black art thriving.

We Ask You to Stand With Us

For 34 years, the Carr Center has been a trusted steward of Black artistic excellence in Detroit. It has been and is a place where creativity thrives, where culture is celebrated, and where the voices of the African Diaspora are heard loud and clear. Our 2025 Fall season demonstrated this commitment.

• With Detroit’s Urban Art Orchestra leading, we celebrated the living legacies of Bill Foster, Vincent Chandler, and Dwight Adams.
• We gave Lulu Fall a stage to celebrate the Music of Her Life: songs that marked her time on Broadway, the music that was important to her genesis as an artist, and the songs she has composed and given life to.
• Films @ The Carr featured magnificent work by many brilliant filmmakers of color…across the African Diaspora and beyond.
• On our walls, the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club artists and art collectors told the story of Bridges: Because of Them We Are through more than fifty works of art: honoring the past; uplifting the present; and shaping the future.
• 75 young dancers learned from the masters, through Master Classes led by renowned dancer/choreographer Kris Nobles and former Dance Theatre of Harlem principal dancer/dance educator Keith Lamelle Thomas

These programs and many spectacular programs in the past represent a fulfilled promise to you and to our community, both in Detroit and beyond.

Help Us to Continue to Create, to Innovate, and to Keep Black Art Alive