The Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance (Alyans Atizay Ayisyen,Inc.) was founded in 1994 as a nonprofit, 501(c)3 tax- exempt organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Afro-Caribbean culture, with a focus on Haiti, for the benefit and enrichment of the local community.

HCAA is the home of the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance Archive, which houses a priceless collection of historical documents. This collection includes manuscripts, documents signed by founding fathers, maps, architectural renditions, new and old books, photographs, and films on Haiti and the Afro-Caribbean community.

HCAA takes pride and joy in facilitating and mounting art exhibits, presenting poets, musicians, and artists of all genres to a larger South Florida audience. HCAA also has facilitated the Haiti Pavilion at the prestigious Miami Book Fair International annually. Through this effort, countless writers have been introduced to the public, raising the awareness of our rich cultural diversity. In 2008-2009, HCAA organized or co-organized several arts exhibits of very high quality, most notably Art in Neighborhoods (the Little Haiti Cultural Center inaugural exhibit), and the Roberto Borlenghi Collection Exhibit at the Little Haiti Cultural Center (LHCC). It also collaborated with the Toussaint Louverture Elementary School to organize a contest among its art students and to present the winners in an exhibit at the LHCC.

In 2009, in partnership with l’Insitut Francais and the City of Miami, HCAA took part in Art Basel Miami Beach as part of their VIP program with its Global Caribbean I: Focus on the Contemporary Caribbean Visual Arts Landscape exhibit. After exhibiting at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, GCI traveled to France to exhibit at Le Musee des Artes Modestes in Sete, to Puerto Rico to exhibit at the Museo de Artes Contemporaneas de Puerto Rico, and is currently in Martinique. Global Caribbean II: Caribbean Trilogy Focus on the Greater Antilles took place in 2010 once again as part of Art Basel Miami Beach’s VIP program. GCII is currently in the Dominican Republic at the Centro Cultural Español. On December 2, 2011, HCAA will inaugurate Global Caribbean III: Haiti Kingdom of this World as part of the Art Basel Miami Beach’s VIP program. This exhibit, of eighteen contemporary Haitian artists, originated in Paris and travelled to the Venice Biennial, the first time Haiti has been represented there, before coming to Miami. For 2012, with the support of the Conseil Regional de la Martinique and the Conseil Regional de la Guadaloupe, HCAA plans to exhibit Global Caribbean IV: Focus on the French Antilles. For 2013, for the grand finale of the Global Caribbean programs, HCAA is planning Global Caribbean V: An overview of Contemporary Art in the Caribbean.

Since 2009, in partnership with the City of Miami, the Little Haiti Cultural Center, and the French Consulate in Miami, HCAA has run the French Heritage Language Program in Miami. This program is designed to support and enrich the teaching and learning of the French language for students of French-speaking background enrolled in Miami Public Schools. The program's primary objective is to help these students maintain proficiency in French, while keeping a connection to their respective cultures and identities, and increase their opportunities for success.

As part of its mission, HCAA continues to maintain the Felix Morisseau-Leroy Scholarship Fund to provide assistance to students wishing to pursue studies in the language, religion, history, politics, dance and visual arts of Haiti. In effect, HCAA has established itself as an institutional network for channeling resources, building relationships, facilitating exchange and strengthening cooperation between the Afro-Caribbean arts community and the international world of fine and performing arts. HCAA is also offering a range of support services and educational opportunities such as curating exhibits in the surrounding facilities and orchestrating our in-house summer arts program which includes not only an arts session, but also a French immersion session for children which has been well attended and quite successful. HCAA has assisted various local groups such as the Edgar Pierre Foundation in their fundraising efforts by making our facilities available to them.

In 2010, following the earthquake in Haiti, HCAA created the Haitian Art Relief Fund to aid Haitian artists in their artistic endeavors and to help preserve Haitian art. In March, 2010 HARF took part in ArteAmericas. More than 50 local artists donated their work. Proceeds from those sales were used to commission work from Haitian artists for the Hands of Haiti exhibit at Miami International Airport. That exhibit was on view at the International Terminal J from September 2010 until April 2011. Proceeds from sales of both ArteAmericas and Hands of Haiti were used to commission works that were on exhibit for Art Basel 2010 as well as for an exhibit in May, 2011 for the Haitian Heritage Month at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.

For Haitian Heritage Month in May 2012, in partnership with the Service culturel de l’Ambassade d’Haïti en France and under the umbrella Florida International University, HCAA will be holding a symposium which will include Universities from around the world that have projects in and focused on Haiti to discuss those projects and exchange ideas and information. At the same time, and in partnership with Florida International University and Little Haiti Cultural Center, HCAA will hold an exhibit of FIU’s Photo Kombit, a program where Haitian Diaspora children were given cameras and asked to document their lives.

In 2012, in partnership with the Caribbean Studies Program at the University of Miami, HCAA will be mounting an exhibit in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the independence of the Anglophone islands of the Caribbean. Three major artists from these countries will be chosen for this exhibit.

In 2014, HCAA with Edouard Duval Carrié as curator will mount a major photographic exhibit Haiti Through the Lens From Within and From Without at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale. This will be a first for Haiti and for the Caribbean. A catalog will be published by the Duke University Press.

In summary, it is HCAA's objective to become a one-stop information, recreation, and research center for Afro-Caribbean history and art enthusiasts that contributes to develop a strong sense of community awareness, individual pride, self-worth, commitment, and involvement in the Afro-Caribbean community of Miami.