title: Foundation for Contemporary Art
text: # Foundation for Contemporary Art
  
  The Foundation for Contemporary Art (FCA) is a Ghanaian visual arts foundation that aims to create an active network of artists and provide a critical forum for the development of contemporary art in Ghana. Based in Accra, the FCA was founded in 2004 by Professor Joe Nkrumah and Australian/Italian artist Virginia Ryan, along with 12 founding members. The FCA office is located in the W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture in the Cantonments neighborhood of Accra.
  
  ## Membership
  
  The Foundation for Contemporary Art currently has circa 100 members — artists, critics, collectors, art enthusiasts — as well as an advisory board and an executive board. The Foundation for Contemporary Art Ghana actively recruits new members and welcomes all practising artists and people interested in contemporary arts.
  
  ## Objectives
  
  The objectives of the Foundation for Contemporary Art are fourfold:
  
  * Organize exhibitions, seminars, workshops and publications to raise the awareness of and develop critical thinking about contemporary art in Ghana
  * Establish a resource centre of arts-related texts available for consultation, research and documentation
  * Create a website to promote contemporary art in Ghana
  * Establish a public database of artists, arts organizations, art businesses, galleries and others interested in contemporary art in Ghana
  