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Do It For Change

Art for Change a unique, volunteer run, non-profit organization in East Harlem, encourages building community by using art as its tool for constructive change.

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Do It For Change

Do It For Change

Do It For Change

Do It For Change

Do It For Change

Art for Change a unique, volunteer run, non-profit organization in East Harlem, encourages building community by using art as its tool for constructive change.

Art for Change a unique, volunteer run, non-profit organization in East Harlem, encourages building community by using art as its tool for constructive change.

Art for Change a unique, volunteer run, non-profit organization in East Harlem, encourages building community by using art as its tool for constructive change.

Art for Change a unique, volunteer run, non-profit organization in East Harlem, encourages building community by using art as its tool for constructive change.

Patrick Target
Patrick Target
Patrick Target
Patrick Target
1 Campaign |
New York, United States
$420 USD 13 backers
2% of $20,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

AB2E is our motto - Art Belongs to Everyone.

Check our our gallery here for some of the great FREE workshops we've done in the past.

Art for Change (AfC) operates a small, storefront gallery in East Harlem. By using art as a tool, we strengthen our community by providing a community space, themed art workshops for children and their families, and cultural events. 

East Harlem is a community rich in cultural tradition, and a community in the midst of transition. Though developments attracting new and more affluent residents give the illusion of improving economic conditions, in actuality, East Harlem is still considered one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. 

 

AB2EKids - empowering youth to be their best, unique selves. 

Our workshops for children and their families target, primarily, families in East Harlem. These interactive arts workshops engage youth and their families, encouraging them to have a voice, to be aware of their environment, and to celebrate our diversities.

Facilitated by local artists and activists, the workshops provide a safe place for empowering discussions about diversity, the environment, and constructive change - each workshop emphasizes our extraordinary, multi-cultural community, empowering youth to be their best, unique selves. For the artists, the workshops are an opportunity to share their work and to develop their teaching skills. 

AB2E Exhibitions

Coordinated and curated by our dedicated volunteers, a sampling of Art for Change's exhibitions include:

(dis)located - A group art exhibition on the concept of displacement as it functions locally to exclude various groups of people. flickr photos 

Sweat + Ashes - Curated by Micaela Anaya & Grace McElvoy of Illygirl, an Interventionist Arts Collective. Seeking to confront the comfortable by exposing the underbelly of globalization as lived by garment sweatshop women workers; to tear down the myth of U.S. exceptionalism by speaking to the third world experience of U.S. Capital Imperialism. Our purpose is to reveal truths through storytelling and to create consumer transparency through interventions. For more on the exhibit go to our website here. And check out Illygirl's website.

Know Gays Aloud - This group exhibition aimed to expose the violence and prejudice that LGBT communities of color have endured. flickr photos 

A great article on the Know Gays Alound exhibition can be found on the art-of-inclusion blog by Stella, one of our fabulous teaching artists.

Rory Golden: Pack up a Little Truck and Keep it on Push: Works on Paper 2008 Forward - for more on the exhibition, see our website link.

 

As a VOLUNTEER run, not-for-profit organization, your support will allow us to expand our services, sustain our gallery space, and to provide more FREE events for the community we serve.

Consider making a contribution towards our campaign today.  

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artforchange.org

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Art for Change is a 100% volunteer run, non-profit organization located in the heart of East Harlem, which encourages the advancement of progressive social change by using art as a catalyst for disseminating information to people. We provide space to discuss and explore that information, stimulating individual and collective reflection, which leads to action and change.

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AfC LOGO T-Shirt FOR KIDS!

$20 USD
Super cool to have your little ones share our logo. Check out our Gallery for an image of this fun AfC Logo Tshirt! HAND SCREENED by AfC Volunteers! Unisex Child Sizes: SML Cotton, black on white, short sleeve crew
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AfC LOGO T-Shirt for Adults

$25 USD
Super cool to have you share our logo. Adult Sizes: SML Cotton, black on white, short sleeved V or Crew - please let us know which you prefer! Check out our Gallery for an image of this fun AfC Logo Tshirt!
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"I would___for Change" TShirt

$25 USD
We love this perk...you will too. What would YOU do for Change? YOU get to fill in the blank - FUN! Check out our Gallery for an image of this fun, interactive, personal Tshirt. Adult Sizes: SML Cotton, black on white, short sleeved V or Crew - please let us know which you prefer! HAND SCREENED by AfC Volunteers!
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A popular perk

$250 USD
Come watch, participate in, or assist an artist during one of our free AB2EKids First Saturdays Art Workshops. It feels good, and we'd love to have you join us!
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A valuable perk

$1,000 USD
A pinhole camera print from our collection by youth in fundacion ph15 + have your name added to our list of donors on our website.
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A big perk

$3,000 USD
Original artwork from an artist we've shown in our gallery. Work on paper, canvas, photography...let us know your preference. We'd be happy to oblige, and your contribution would fund two months of exhibition along with two AB2EKids workshops...that alone must have you smiling!
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V.I.P status

$5,000 USD
The lifetime joy of knowing that you have personally sustained a year of AB2EKids First Saturdays workshops! We'll send you photos each month to keep you apprised of the workshop themes, artists, and workshop projects produced. Contribute today, and we'll keep you smiling with our monthly reports!
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You're just AMAZING!

$7,500 USD
Our sincere and lifelong appreciation for your vision. You believe, as we do, that Art Belongs to Everyone (AB2E) and your donation will allow us to expand our art workshops to a greater audience, beyond our doors and into the classrooms of New York City. Imagine that!
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