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Causes: Arts & Culture, Visual Arts
Mission: To rebuild cultural foundations of underinvested neighborhoods and incite community revitalization.
Programs: Provided community program initiatives including programs in music, gardening, visual and creative arts, and films and writing among others. Continued an artist program residency to work with under-served communities and residents in distressed community areas. Artists in residence provided neighbors with access to high caliber arts education and programming in the neighborhood. Artists in residence are provided space, engagement opportunities with local residents, and the opportunity to celebrate black culture in all its manifestations through the use of space and venues. Provided work training program in carpentry skills, model building, and woodworking apprenticeship program and a landscaping training program with an onsite public garden, and a custodian services training program.