Since 1975, the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center has remained a hub of Black culture for residents from its base in Miami and across the South Florida region. Aside from providing world-class instruction to area youth in the arts, many students who entered the AHCAC have gone on to stellar careers in various capacities.
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Model City program provided the initial start of the AHCAC. Formerly known as the Model City Cultural Arts Center, the AHCAC has not only provided lessons in vocal and instrumental music, dance, film and visual arts, it has hosted several prominent names from the entertainment world.
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Sherman Hensley, Eartha Kitt, Robert Townsend, Maurice Hines and several others have appeared at the AHCAC over the past four decades. (READ MORE)
