RESOURCES

Visual Arts

Artstorm
http://www.artstormla.com
Los Angeles, CA 90065
Ph: 323-221-6887

ArtStorm works to provide an outlet for L.A.'s youth to pursue aerosol art, commonly known as graffiti tagging, in a legal and non-destructive manner. The project hopes to divert young people away from tagging, gangs, crime and violence by giving them financial, educational and creative incentive through aerosol art programming, mentorship and sale of art.

Cooperative Artists Institute
http://www.tribal-rhythms.org/index.html
311 Forest Hills Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-3605
Ph: 617.524.6378
Fx: 617.522.7122

Cooperative Artists Institute's mission is to empower people to solve their individual and collective problems by applying the Arts as a catalyst for personal and institutional change. Founded in 1970, CAI is the first Think Tank to specialize in using the performing and visual arts to build community. All of CAI's programs in schools, after-schools, community centers, businesses, colleges and government organizations are designed to overcome family, community and organizational fragmentation.

Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, Inc. (MALCA)
http://www.maclaarte.org/index.html
510 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Ph: 408.998.2783
Fx: 408.998.2817

MACLA is an energizing contemporary arts space located in San Jose, California. The organization was founded in 1989 by a group of community activists engaged in a broad mobilization to change the representation of multicultural artists within the City's art allocations.

Northland Poster Collective
http://www.northlandposter.com
P.O. Box 7096
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Ph: 800-627-3082
Fx: 800-627-3082

Northland Poster Collective is dedicated to promoting a socially just world through the use of art. We create, find, distribute and encourage art that will make a positive contribution. There are many ways to make a difference. Our art ranges from fine art prints on themes of equality and dignity to educational posters that tell an important story to T-shirts, buttons, and bumper stickers that express the vital issues of the day with humor and pizzazz.

Philadelphia Mural Arts Program (MAP)
http://www.muralarts.org
1729 Mt Vernon Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Ph: 215.685.0750
Fx: 215.685.0757

The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program (MAP) is a public art program that works in partnership with community residents, grassroots organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, corporations and philanthropies to design and create murals of enduring value while actively engaging youth in the process.

Photovoice
http://www.photovoice.com

Photovoice blends a grassroots approach to photography and social action. It provides cameras not to health specialists, policy makers, or professionals, but to people with least access to those who make decisions affecting their lives. From the villages of rural China to the homeless shelter of Ann Arbor, Michigan, people have used Photovoice to amplify their visions and experience.

Photovoice (UK)
http://www.photovoice.org
2nd Floor
94, Leonard Street
London EC2A 4RH UK
Ph: +44 (0) 207 033 3878
Fx: +44 (0) 207 739 894

PhotoVoice is an international non-profit organization, based in London, UK. Our mission is empowerment — to support people in need around the world to use photography as a medium to speak out about their concerns, hopes and fears. Working alongside both international organizations and local partners, we provide in-field photojournalism workshops for those living on the fringes of society. Internationally we provide the platform for these groups to exhibit and market their work.

Picture Projects
http://www.picture-projects.com
176 Grand Street, Third Floor
New York, NY 10013
Ph: 212.226.3099
Fx: 212.226.4922

Picture Projects, a NYC-based studio founded in 1995, uses new media technologies, audio and documentary photography to examine complex social issues. Over the past eight years, the studio has become well known for its unique use of interactive narrative in both commercial and documentary work.

Social And Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)
http://www.sparcmurals.org/sparc/
685 Venice Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
Ph: 310 822 9560
Fx: 310 827 8717

Founded in 1976, the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) is an arts center that produces, preserves and conducts educational programs about community based public art works. SPARC espouses public art as an organizing tool for addressing contemporary issues, fostering cross-cultural understanding and promoting civic dialogue. Working within this philosophical framework, SPARC has created murals and other forms of public art in communities throughout Los Angeles and increasingly in national and international venues.