WEUSI | Melanated Arts & Culture
WEUSI
means ‘Blackness’
in Swahili
WEUSI is a Black-led, not-for-profit,
Arts and Culture Production House, Consultancy and Community.
We specialise in producing vibrant film, theatre, events and festivals that celebrates the breadth and beauty of Black culture for diverse audiences. We also provide professional training and executive coaching tailored for Black Artists and Arts practitioners.
We empower Black Arts and Culture Professionals, providing support and stages for them to share their talent, positively impacting our diverse communities through creative expression, knowledge transfer
and leadership development.
Be part of our next production
iDENT returns in March 2025, with an online gathering, live Festival with music, comedy, workshops, panels, after-party and more.
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If We Can
Do It
So Can You
WEUSI was created and is led by Artists, Arts Entrepreneurs, Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioners and Executive Coaches.
As well as creating spaces, stages
and productions where Black Artists and Arts Practitioners can shine, WEUSI provides 1-2-1 and group professional coaching sessions.
WEUSI also offers a range of training resources and programmes to support Black Arts Professionals with cultural, entrepreneurial and leadership development.
We also offer bespoke packages, tailored to individual requirements.
WEUSI | Rewriting Melanated Narratives
iDENTFest 2020
iDENTFest 2020 was a free-to-view three-hour online Black Arts and Culture Festival film, funded by Coventry City of Culture 2021.
iDENTFest 2020 provided a positive platform for 21 Black Arts Practitioners across a wide breadth of artistic practice. It returns with an online and in-person Festival in March 2025.
Black, Queer & Done
Black, Queer & Done (15) is an award-winning feature film, exploring the experiences and representation of Black LGBT+ people within the arts, culture and media sectors.
Thanks to funding from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Storytellers’ Fund, BQD is on a world tour of more than 150 film festivals.
iDENT Festival 2019
iDENT Festival 2019 was the debut year of our inclusive arts and culture festival celebrating Black African and Caribbean creativity, heritage and ancestry.
The Festival took over leading Midlands performance arts venue, Warwick Arts Centre, on Saturday 3rd August 2019.
Special thanks to our funders, supporters & fellow dreamers:
