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The former Albina Arts Center, on the corner of North Williams and Northeast Killingsworth, has been a part of the Albina neighborhood since the 1960s, and was a cultural resource and gathering space that offered Black youth free classes in dance, modeling, art, photography and even, the African language Swahili.
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Reclaiming Black Spaces
Community eyes ownership of former arts center
Portland’s Albina Arts Center, a nostalgic symbol of Black Portland’s creativity and self-determination, is going to be handed back to the city’s Black community, partly as a way to make amends for decades of disruption, neglect and disinvestment.
