Celebrating
black artistic
brilliance
BECAUSE BLACK ART HAS ALWAYS TRANSFORMED THE WORLD.
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BECAUSE BLACK ART HAS ALWAYS TRANSFORMED THE WORLD. ✦
WELCOME TO BLACK ABUNDANCE.
Our Mission:
BLACK ABUNDANCE EXISTS TO CELEBRATE, CULTIVATE, AND SUSTAIN THE BOUNDLESS BRILLIANCE OF BLACK ARTISTS WORLDWIDE. THROUGH RETREATS, RESIDENCIES, FESTIVALS, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, WE CREATE SACRED SPACES WHERE BLACK ARTISTS CAN REST, CREATE, AND BUILD ACROSS BORDERS. WE BELIEVE IN ART AS A TOOL FOR LIBERATION, HEALING, AND COLLECTIVE POWER - FUELING A MOVEMENT WHERE BLACK CREATIVITY ISN’T JUST SEEN, BUT DEEPLY NOURISHED AND SUSTAINED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
our vision:
We are building a world where Black artistic excellence is centered, celebrated, and sustained by us, for us.
A world where global sanctuaries exist for Black artists—where we can gather, create, train, rest, build businesses, mentor, and experience joy without limitation.
A world where Black-owned museums, galleries, theaters, and performance spaces thrive, ensuring that our stories are told on our own terms—not filtered through external approval, not confined to the margins, not reduced to trends that others exploit.
A world where Black artists own their work, their industries, and their futures.
Where the record labels, film studios, award shows, and funding bodies that shape Black art are led by Black people, for Black people. Where we no longer seek validation from external institutions, because we are the critics, the gateopeners, and the standard-bearers of our own creativity.
Black Abundance is here to fund Black artists, mentor emerging creatives, and build the institutions our art deserves.
Because Black art has always healed the world.
Now, it’s time for us to own, protect, and amplify that power—for ourselves, for our communities, for generations to come.
Our values:
Black Artistic Sovereignty
We believe in Black artists owning their work, their industries, and their futures. We are not here to ask for permission—we are here to build, sustain, and protect the institutions that amplify our brilliance on our own terms.
Abundance Over Scarcity
Black creativity is limitless. We reject the idea that there are only a few spaces for us to thrive. We are cultivating a world where Black artists have endless opportunities to rest, create, and flourish.
Rest as Resistance
Rest is a radical act of self-determination. We create sanctuaries where Black artists can slow down, breathe, and restore themselves without guilt or grind culture. Rest fuels creativity.
Community Over Competition
We believe in Black artists mentoring, uplifting, and building with each other, not competing for crumbs. Our work is rooted in collaboration, intergenerational knowledge-sharing, and collective growth.
Art as Liberation
Black art has always been a tool for resistance, healing, and transformation. We create spaces where artists can explore their creativity without censorship, without limits, and without the external gaze shaping their narratives.
Economic Power for Black Artists
Black artists deserve financial stability, funding, and wealth-building opportunities. We are committed to creating funding pipelines, sustainable careers, and spaces where Black artists are compensated equitably for their brilliance.
Global Black Connection
Black creativity is diasporic. From Costa Rica to Brooklyn, from Lagos to London, we are building bridges for Black artists across borders to collaborate, create, and thrive without limitation.
Radical Imagination & Joy
We believe in dreaming beyond survival and envisioning a world where Black artists experience joy, freedom, and boundless possibility. Black joy is sacred, and we cultivate it in everything we do.
These values are the foundation of Black Abundance. We are building the future Black artists deserve—one rooted in ownership, rest, and radical creativity.
OASIS & ALCHEMY:
A RETREAT FOR BLACK BRILLIANCE
Oasis & Alchemy is a transformative arts retreat designed to replenish, empower, and inspire Black artists. Rooted in rest, creativity, collective growth, and mentorship, we provide a sanctuary in Costa Rica where artists can rejuvenate their spirits and refine their craft. Through intentional restoration and artistic exchange, Oasis & Alchemy nurtures Black brilliance—offering a space where art and healing intersect!
Oasis & Alchemy is more than a retreat—it is a radical act of replenishment, creation, and self-determination for Black artists.
Nestled in the lush landscapes of Costa Rica, this transformative arts experience is a sanctuary where Black artists can rest deeply, create freely, and connect expansively.
Rooted in healing, artistic mastery, and collective power, Oasis & Alchemy offers an immersive space where emerging and established Black creatives can:
Rejuvenate through intentional rest, wellness practices, and nature’s embrace.
Refine their craft through artistic exchange, mentorship, and skill-building.
Build community with a global network of Black artists committed to growth, liberation, and abundance.
Expand their vision beyond industry limits—owning their creativity, their brilliance, and their future.
Through a balance of retreat and artistic incubation, Oasis & Alchemy nurtures the creative force that has always sustained Black communities. Because Black art is more than expression—it is a revolution, a legacy, and a birthright.
This is your invitation to reclaim rest, ignite your artistry, and step fully into your abundance.
JOIN US MARCH 18 - 25, 2026 ON THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF COSTA RICA!
MEET OUR CEO:
Nana Chinara
Founder's Story: The Birth of Black Abundance
I have spent my life creating, building, and reclaiming spaces where Black artists can heal, create, and thrive. Spaces where we don’t just survive—we flourish in our fullness, our power, our abundance.
I came into this world a storyteller, a mover, a vessel for something bigger than myself. I have made art in living rooms, on Bed-Stuy stoops, at the Brooklyn Museum with my mama. I have danced in high school color guards and college dance studios. And yet, like so many of us, I spent years fighting to return to my body—learning what it means to heal in community, to reclaim my power, to center pleasure, rest, and creative liberation.
That journey led me to found Healing the Black Body, an organization that wove Black Feminism, movement, and performance into a practice of healing for Black queer and trans communities. It led me to burlesque, where I learned to call all my power back to me. It led me to Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, where I first arrived heartbroken, burned out, and seeking rest—only to find home.
And now, it has led me here—to Black Abundance.
Black Abundance was born from a simple but radical truth: Black art has always healed the world. But far too often, Black artists are underfunded, under-resourced, and pushed to the margins of industries that profit from our brilliance. Our music dominates global culture, yet the record labels aren’t ours. Our films break box office records, yet the studios aren’t ours. Our art, our stories, our movements are world-changing—but the power structures that shape these industries still belong to someone else.
So I ask: What would it look like for us to own it all?
Black Abundance is the answer to that question. It is a movement, an ecosystem, an institution in the making. Through our retreats, residencies, festivals, and the development of a permanent arts retreat center in Costa Rica, we are building a world where Black artists don’t just participate in the industry—we define it. Where we don’t wait for other institutions to validate our work—we create and sustain our own. Where Black artistic brilliance is nourished, protected, and passed down for generations to come.
I have built this from a full-body yes. A knowing that this work is not just necessary—it is inevitable. We are building the future we deserve. And we are doing it on our own terms.
Welcome to Black Abundance. Welcome home.
OTHER OFFERINGS COMING IN 2026 and beyond
BLACK BREATH ARTIST RESIDENCY
A dedicated residency for Black artists exploring liberation, rest, healing, and creative renewal. This program offers time, resources, and a supportive community for artists to deepen their craft and vision without the pressures of production. Black Breath is an incubator for ideas, artistry, and radical community-care.
BLACK ABUNDANCE FESTIVAL
A groundbreaking festival celebrating Black creativity in all its forms—performance, music, visual arts, film, and storytelling. This annual gathering showcases the depth and diversity of Black artistry while fostering direct connections between creatives and audiences. Through performances, art shows, panel discussions, workshops, film screenings, community engagement, and more, the Black Abundance Festival is a space where Black artists are recognized, valued, and celebrated.
ARTS residency & RETREAT CENTER (BEYOND 2026)
A long-term vision to build a permanent sanctuary where Black artists can gather, train, network, create, and experience deep rejuvenation. This center will serve as an international hub for Black creativity, offering residencies, workshops, and cultural exchanges to sustain and elevate Black artists worldwide.
A WORLD WHERE BLACK ARTISTS OWN OUR FUTURES.
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A WORLD WHERE BLACK ARTISTS OWN OUR FUTURES. ✦