_{The bulk of RPWAC’s work over the years has been organizing cultural art programs and packaging their creative products into artistic presentations for the community at large. To this end, RPWAC has worked with several highly acclaimed local and international BPOC artists who have aided in creating an assortment of strong and impactful programs for community presentation.}

_{Right Path World Arts Centre is a grassroots non-profit organization that has been resident in the Jane & Finch community for more than 12 years. The organization is currently run and driven by a small collective of volunteers who are not only BPOC professional educators, artists, and social workers within the community – but also residents of the neighbourhood. The bulk of RPWAC’s work over the years has been organizing afro-cultural multi-arts programs and packaging their creative products into theatrical presentations for the community at large.} 

_{We have worked with South African dance extraordinaire Maafa Makhubalo; Vivine Scarlett; Ruben Eseguerra; accomplished poets – Unblind Tibbin, Motion, Sankofa Juba, as well as Hip Hop Artists Spade from Citizen’s Kane. The majority of RPWAC’s work has been project based and demonstrative in nature. Each year the organization offers one main multi-arts program that culminates in an on stage performance. Right Path World Arts Centre is a grassroots non-profit organization that has been resident in the Jane Finch community for more than 12 years.}

Brief History

2007 – 2008- ‘Still I Rise”

A multidisciplinary art production in partnership with Spade – one half of the Hip Hop duo Citizen Kane presented an artistic take on the African experience from antiquity, to slavery to post colonization.

2008 – 2009- “The Well”

2009 – 2010- “Voices of Our Mothers and Fathers Part I”

We are now in the next phase of our evolution as our projects bring to stage the preserved sacred stories of ancient peoples from around the world. Examples of our major public performances include:

Another multidisciplinary art production that explores the importance of community bonding, healing and cooperative development. This project was funded by the Ontario Arts Council.

Brought together a diverse group of artists and youth from the Jane & Finch community and other priority neighbourhoods for dramatic performance that involved an eclectic mix of African dance, percussion, visual arts and theatre. This project was funded by the Ontario Arts Council.

2013 – 2014-“Oshunra and the 7 Dragons of Sekerta”

_{A multi arts production based upon Afro-Asian cultural principles to create a theatre performance which shares the journey of personal transformation and transcendence of a young gifted hero and his community. Funded by the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council.}

2018-2019 -“Crimson Flower” and its Sequel “The Girl who Sleeps on Petals”

2014 – 2015-“Touched by a Celestial”

A multi arts production incorporating drama, dance, and visual arts to teach a tale of a celestial star (Sakai) that is asked to visit a planet whose social and physical environment is negatively altered by the actions of a former star (Nino Circata) whose selfishness and desire for power have affected the lives of the planet’s denizens. Balance and order is restored to the planet by Sakai understanding that the key to true victory is to seek healing and not war.

2015 – 2017-“Children of the Elements”

2021-2022-“We have Purpose”