MISSION
The Ensemble of Color or TEoC (pronounced TEE-ock) strives to strengthen our communities through philanthropy, education, inclusion, and social activism focusing on the arts, performance, culture, and racial justice work.
PURPOSE
TEoC is particularly interested in creating opportunities focused on systemic change for people of the global majority and developing main stage shows which reflect not only Wabanaki territories (Maine) but Northern America’s multilayered cultural diversity and evolving identity.
At TEoC, we believe everyone is a bearer of the folk arts. In addition to our season of shows, our programming is also geared toward outreach so that people can experience themselves as creators of art.
When anyone shares aspects of their culture, opportunities are created to dissolve misunderstandings, break down stereotypes and increase respect for one another.
BACKROUND
TEoC is a non-profit organization, founded in 2015 by René Goddess Johnson, Nicole Antonette Chioma Mokeme, and Christina W. Richardson, as a small, 8-member theater company filling a cultural niche in Portland, Maine. TEoC has matured significantly and draws diverse packed audiences to their innovative work. Through their work, TEoC provides professional development resources for people of the global majority to become leaders in the arts communities on stolen Wabanaki Land and will continue to play a vital leadership role in theater preservation, history and operations, and social justice and racial equity activism and education.
Another equivalently necessary priority for the pursuit of excellence is addressing economic inequality. One of the biggest historic hurdles that keep people of the global majority from directly engaging in and steering the course of mainstream society is a lack of ownership of property and businesses. Without these kinds of economic footholds, there can be no permanent upward mobility. Global majority citizens generate many ideas and skills, like their white counterparts but are often under-compensated for their efforts. TEoC, through professional development, increases social equity for our members and by extension improves the economic and artistic circumstances of the entire region by demonstrating that ownership is not just the province of people with white faces or a strong economic background.
TEoC continues to show we are a reputable, quality performing arts company and healing arts center. There is increased interest in the community in our classes and productions. Currently, traditional theatre and educational performances are available to the public. We want to take advantage of this current popularity to grow in funding and in the audience (both quantitatively and geographically).
Our Fiscal Sponsor is The Celebration Barn.
Contact us : HERE
The Ensemble of Color or TEoC (pronounced TEE-ock) strives to strengthen our communities through philanthropy, education, inclusion, and social activism focusing on the arts, performance, culture, and racial justice work.
PURPOSE
TEoC is particularly interested in creating opportunities focused on systemic change for people of the global majority and developing main stage shows which reflect not only Wabanaki territories (Maine) but Northern America’s multilayered cultural diversity and evolving identity.
At TEoC, we believe everyone is a bearer of the folk arts. In addition to our season of shows, our programming is also geared toward outreach so that people can experience themselves as creators of art.
When anyone shares aspects of their culture, opportunities are created to dissolve misunderstandings, break down stereotypes and increase respect for one another.
BACKROUND
TEoC is a non-profit organization, founded in 2015 by René Goddess Johnson, Nicole Antonette Chioma Mokeme, and Christina W. Richardson, as a small, 8-member theater company filling a cultural niche in Portland, Maine. TEoC has matured significantly and draws diverse packed audiences to their innovative work. Through their work, TEoC provides professional development resources for people of the global majority to become leaders in the arts communities on stolen Wabanaki Land and will continue to play a vital leadership role in theater preservation, history and operations, and social justice and racial equity activism and education.
Another equivalently necessary priority for the pursuit of excellence is addressing economic inequality. One of the biggest historic hurdles that keep people of the global majority from directly engaging in and steering the course of mainstream society is a lack of ownership of property and businesses. Without these kinds of economic footholds, there can be no permanent upward mobility. Global majority citizens generate many ideas and skills, like their white counterparts but are often under-compensated for their efforts. TEoC, through professional development, increases social equity for our members and by extension improves the economic and artistic circumstances of the entire region by demonstrating that ownership is not just the province of people with white faces or a strong economic background.
TEoC continues to show we are a reputable, quality performing arts company and healing arts center. There is increased interest in the community in our classes and productions. Currently, traditional theatre and educational performances are available to the public. We want to take advantage of this current popularity to grow in funding and in the audience (both quantitatively and geographically).
Our Fiscal Sponsor is The Celebration Barn.
Contact us : HERE
