Program/Grant: We the Many

From 2019-24, we supported six partners as they created unique artist residencies with their communities. Here’s what we learned along the way.

Sacred Pipe Resource Center is a home away from home for many Indigenous peoples in Bismarck, North Dakota’s urban area.

Sacred Pipe Resource Center aims to provide Native people a safe space to meet others and expand their circles.

Nis’to, a nonprofit serving Sisseton’s Indigenous youth, offers creative workshops that support mental health and education in ancestral cultural practices and language.

Marissa Hernandez invited young people from this small-town community to help paint murals that amplify culture and representation.

Young people in Hampton, Iowa, home to Latino immigrants and exchange students from around the world, hosted a unique event to celebrate diversity, difference, and culture.

How a community in Indiana is bringing creativity and other much-needed resources to adults in recovery, one meal and art class at a time.

Painter Yemina Concepcion and photographer Daveed Holmes have been hard at work this last year at For the Love of the Arts, building positivity for young people by encouraging their creativity.

For the Love of the Arts uses creativity to help break the cycle of violence. Through their mental wellness education, social skills practice, and artistic courses, this unique organization provides a safe space for young people to grow and thrive.

The Sacred Pipe Resource Center, a Native community center in Mandan, North Dakota, empowers Native artists to become catalysts for change to help heal their communities.