AE Creative Consulting Partners, LLC

AE Creative Consulting Partners, LLC is a boutique design agency founded by independent curator Ashara Ekundayo specializing in cultural strategy development and communications mapping that harnesses “the creative power of yes.”. 

Working at the nexus of social permaculture, social entrepreneurship and social justice, we consult with clients to assess and build capacity for equitable community engagement through the uses of mindfulness, creative arts practice, exhibition, and project management. Our methodology supports people, institutions, agencies, organizations and corporations in creating culturally relevant curriculum, messaging, and events.

AECreative is also stewarding these creative arts practice projects:

Artist As First Responder ™ an Embodied Designation, a Destination, an interactive Platform, a series of printed and online Publications that highlight the work of local, national, and international Artists whose creative practices heal communities and save lives. AAFR* programs include; BLATANT Zine, “BLATANT a Forum on Art, Joy & Rage” in partnership with the Museum of the African Diaspora, and Black [Space] Residency at Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco, CA. *AAFR is fiscally sponsored by the Marcus Foster Educational Institute in Oakland, CA and the African American Art & Culture Complex in San Francisco, CA.

We Offer:

Intersectional Assessment
* Organizational Advancement
* Transformational Leadership
* Project Management

Strategic Communications
* Content Creation + Planning
* Campaign Communications
* Event Design + Communications

Marketing Strategy
* Narrative Assessment + Consulting
* Partnership Development
* Media Relations

Art Advisement
* Exhibition Curation
* Gallery Support
* Auction Curation

Facilitation
* Emergent Strategy
* Social Forecasting
* Mindfullness

Trainings
* Anti-Racist Organizing
* Thought Leadership
* Social Permaculture

Public Speaking
* Guest Lecturer
* Keynote + Panelist
* Moderator

Some of Our Former & Current Clients Include:

"We worked collaboratively on programming led by our respective organizations -- The Alliance conference, the Oakland Fence Project, Art + Race and Breaking the Silence Town Hall. She holds space for creative change, leverages the deepest corners of cultural history and embraces afrofuturism with the urgency it deserves. She makes things happen with heart, soul and wisdom."

Wendy Levy
Executive Director

The Alliance for Media + Culture