In 2019, Atizay launched the Encuentro Afrocostarricense de Artes Visuales, a call to acknowledge the underrepresentation of the afro community in the visual artistic scene. It encourages the exploration of the richness, diversity, as well as the afro experience in Costa Rica in order to understand the need to open spaces for the afro community both inside and outside the artistic world.
This year, the second edition of the EAAV will explore different aspects of blackness and provide our community with tools they might need to continue voicing their experience and sharing their work with our global audience.