Foundation For The Arts
Serving those most in need through the arts
Our Mission
Bringing together community leaders, art enthusiasts, business professionals and inspired youth in order to lift up those in need through the arts
Our Process
Identify the need
Develop the project
Build the team
Serve
And without further delay…here’s what we are actually doing:
Foundation For The Arts facilitates projects that use any art discipline to bring hope and inspiration to those who could use a helping hand. Whether it’s developing our own project ideas or assisting other organizations with theirs, we’ll help make it happen.
Our Projects
Curated Spaces
Partnering with organizations by placing inspirational works of art in their facilities
Next Gen Film Festival
Young people starting their own community service projects while making short, inspiring documentaries about their experience
Interior Design
Connecting interior designers to adults with special needs in order to enhance their living spaces into visually pleasing, organized, calming and peaceful environments
Grace Fisher Dance Classes
Partnering with the Grace Fisher Foundation to help facilitate fun therapeutic dance lessons that bring joy and healing to kids with special needs
Healthy Living Programs
Helping provide those in need with free access to the arts and extracurricular activities
Chilean Outreach
Our projects through Fundación ArtLabbé, located in Santiago, Chile, include educational art murals, sculptural playgrounds, and art therapy.
Upcoming Projects:
Classical music performances to low-income students • Art and music programs to refuge homes for sex traffic victims • Healing art for children in hospitals • Dance socials at nursing homes • Sponsorship of artists with intellectual disabilities • And much, much more!
In case you’re wondering…
Why serve through the arts?
Chances are we have all been touched by some form of the arts. Whether by passing a saxophonist on a busy street, seeing an incredible play at a theater, turning a corner to be surprised by a thought-provoking mural, dancing in a car to a happy song, sitting for hours crafting something meaningful, molding clay, or playing the piano, we can’t deny that the arts make something in us come alive. They remind us that we’re human, that we're connected to something greater than ourselves. They help us understand what is happening inside of us. We use the arts because, for some situations, it’s the best tool we have. While people tire out, some forms of art work 24/7 giving hope and comfort to its viewers. Whether we are eating or just entering a building or playing in the park, the artwork around us can set the tone for the whole environment. It can cause us to think about beautiful things, noble things, hopeful things, things that are true, that are admirable, that touch our spirits. The arts silence the worry mechanisms in our brain and switch on the parts that experience deep enjoyment. (Review our Scientific Evidence page to see more research on art and neuroscience.) They can remind us that we’re not alone, that each day has a new beginning, that beauty resides in each of us, that our inside is more important than our outside, that suffering can lead to victory, along with a thousand other truths that give us hope. The arts have a unique ability to naturally bring people together from all walks of life. Serving through the arts is nothing more than sharing what you enjoy with others. What could be more simple than that?
What are “the arts”?
Music • Fashion design • Dance • Graphic design • Cinematic arts • Photography • Landscape design • Theater • Architectural design • Painting • Interior design • Culinary arts • Literary arts • Pottery • Sculpture • Floral design • Installations • Wood working • Glass blowing • Furniture design and more!
Who are those “most in need”?
At risk youth • People with intellectual disabilities • Sex traffic victims • People with addictions • Children suffering from physical illness • People with physical disabilities • The homeless • Domestic abuse victims • The lonely • People living with psychosis • Low-income families • Foster children
Our Guiding Values
Community
Bringing together people from different backgrounds, ideologies and social statuses to enjoy the arts and to serve together
Service
Since giving is more powerful than receiving, we encourage looking not only to our own needs but to the needs of others
Inspiration
Rather than educate or persuade, our hope is to inspire those we serve and those who serve with us toward healthy internal living
About Us
We’re a team of educators, parents, business owners and art enthusiasts. Come get to know us!
We could use your help!
Have any ideas for helping your community? Share them with us and we’ll help them come to life!
Partner with us by financially sponsoring one of our current projects that moves you.
Want to get your hands dirty with one of the projects we’re already working on? Check out ways you can volunteer.
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