Mission
The mission of Tayitu Cultural Center is to preserve and promote, renew and reinvent, the rich and unique cultural tradition of Ethiopian Culture through the Performing Arts. Through the development and production of works that explore the breadth of Ethiopian Arts and Culture Tayitu strives to explore the diverse cultural expressions represented in being Ethiopian in America, to enhancing understanding of the Ethiopian arts and culture through teaching its history, celebrating its accomplishments, and to act as a resource to Ethiopians in the diaspora especially to provide a home for immigrant artists to develop their skills while striving for artistic freedom and excellence.
In serving this mission, Tayitu strives to better embrace our responsibility to build a community for Ethiopians to share ideas and experiences, to promote cultural awareness to the Ethiopian community and beyond, to provide leadership through programs that enhance advocacy, values, and customs that will lead to a vital community. Through these efforts, Tayitu is committed to working with diverse groups in the community, mentoring and nurturing the youth, working with the elderly and women’s groups to ease their their transition, engaging the entire Ethiopian community in a healthy exchange of ideas and perspectives through the powerful medium of the arts.
