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Humans Rights+ Community Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE) is a nonprofit organization focused on youth development, human rights and arts education.

We support the creativity of youth and we dare to dream of a more just world where all human rights are respected. www.artejustice.org
https://twitter.com/ARTEJustice
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12/30/2024

Let’s celebrate our student participants from the Fall 2024 Youth Voices Lead: Climate Justice Program!

On December 21st, this cohort of organizers shared their final projects in a culminating program exhibition, presenting on a climate justice artivist (artist + activist). They also led fun art activities with the audience, shared actions creatively incorporating the arts, and left attendees with concrete ways to make change in their communities.

We are very proud of their work, thank everyone who supported their projects, and look forward to the future of our young leaders!

12/16/2024

🌟💚🌳 Join Us for the YVL: FINAL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION! 🌳💚🌟

This fall, an incredible group of NYC youth dove deep into the complexities of climate change and its connections to social justice issues like disenfranchisement and inequality—both at home and around the globe. Now, we're excited to invite you to a memorable event on **Saturday, December 21**, as we celebrate their achievements and the creativity that has blossomed during this program!

Get ready to be inspired as our young leaders and creators unveil their final project: presentations on climate justice artivists (a fusion of artist and activist) in front of friends, family, and our vibrant community. But that’s not all! Each presentation will be paired with a fun art activity designed by our talented youth, giving you the chance to let your creativity flow and join in on the art-making!

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, create, and celebrate! ***To RSVP, visit: bit.ly/4fbWkoh***
To find out more about the Youth Voices Lead program, head to [artejustice.org/youthvoiceslead].
Have questions about the event? Reach out to us at [email protected]—we’re here to help!

We can't wait to see you there! 🎉✨

12/04/2024

The genocide committed against the Palestinian people has been ongoing for over a year.

To support the Palestinian struggle against oppression and encourage young people to educate themselves and take action, we are providing another list of resources.

May we witness an end to this occupation and never turn away from human suffering.

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09/19/2024

Immigration policy is going through changes. Here are some updates and resources on the status of DACA. 🦋

09/13/2024

TODAY is the LAST DAY to apply for Youth Voices Lead: Climate Justice!

Let the young leaders in your community know about Youth Voices Lead: Climate Justice! Applications due by 11:59 pm ET TONIGHT!

YVL: Climate Justice is a semester-long after-school program for NYC teens ages 15-18. It is an…

🍃 opportunity for teens to learn and build skills essential to college and professional life…
🍃 a creative, educational, activation space in NYC for high school students…
🍃 a safe, collaborative environment to learn about and discuss climate change as it connects to other social justice issues…
🍃 and a way for teens to use artwork as a means of activism and self expression, regardless of previous art-making experience (and earn a stipend!)

Head to the link in our bio and share this great opportunity with students who are looking for the tools to make the future they want to see.

08/22/2024

🗣️ EDUCATORS - ✨We need your help!✨

Let the young leaders in your community know about Youth Voices Lead: Climate Justice!

YVL: Climate Justice is a semester-long after-school program for NYC teens ages 15-18. It is an…

🍃 opportunity for teens to learn and build skills essential to college and professional life…
🍃 a creative, educational, activation space in NYC for high school students…
🍃 a safe, collaborative environment to learn about and discuss climate change as it connects to other social justice issues…
🍃 and a way for teens to use artwork as a means of activism and self expression, regardless of previous art-making experience (and earn a stipend!)

Head to the link in our bio and share this great opportunity with students who are looking for the tools to make the future they want to see.

06/14/2024

Up Next: YOUTH VOICES LEAD: CLIMATE JUSTICE

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for Youth Voices Lead: Climate Justice (YVL), ARTE’s paid community activism program for youth organizers.

This group of emerging youth leaders will gather weekly at a community space in Brooklyn to engage around climate change as it relates to other systems of disenfranchisement and inequality in the United States and around the world, including racial injustice, gender injustice, and mass incarceration.

YVL: Climate Justice participants will also learn about climate justice “artivists” (artists/activists) and explore the network of community organizations fighting for climate justice across New York City and beyond.

This program will be located at Bailey’s Cafe () at 324 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11233, and will start on Wednesday, October 2, and end with the final event on Saturday, December 21.

Applications are due FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. NYC-based youth 15-18 are encouraged to apply! The applications and all the details you need to know can be found at www.artejustice.org/youthvoiceslead. The link is in our bio!

We are calling on our partner orgs and our community to please share this opportunity with your young leaders.

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04/20/2024

Looking to celebrate Earth Day this year? ARTE’s got your back!

Handpicked from our team, here are a few books, songs, places, activities, and artivists you can explore this weekend that point to climate justice and environmental care.
We hope you take a nature walk, read outside, use your green thumbs, hug a tree, and make art, all in mindfulness of our shared home.

Title Image Credit: Robert Lynn Nelson

03/26/2024

Youth Voices Lead: UDHR Mural Project
Location: P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School (W 133rd street between Frederick Douglass Blvd and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd)

Over the past few months, in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) the nine teens in our YVL: UDHR program have been working together to learn about human rights. Through exploring the themes within this topic, the students created a range of artworks expressing their perspectives and activism. To culminate their work, the students were tasked to create a public artwork project for their community. They chose to use the fifth article of the UDHR, which states:

“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment.”

Inspired by this article, the central ideas include freedom, hope, growth, and mass incarceration. Supporting this project are muralist and artist LaurAlvarez, Rhea Charles (Program Facilitator) and the following ARTE staff members: Jesús Estrada-Martinez (Program Assistant), Cameron Lee (Program Director), Renee Morales (Intern), and Aishwarya Moudgal (Intern). Thank you very much to Open Society Foundations and the leadership and staff at Mary McLeod Bethune for making this project possible and for giving us the opportunity to make human rights visible in our community.

Mural Description:
The mural features a series of clouds against a background with bright light blue at the top and dark blue at the bottom. The primary imagery of the mural is a series of bars (e.g., a cage or a cell) that turn into flowers, representing freedom, hope, and a future without incarceration/inhumane treatment. The flowers are painted using bright colors (green, yellow, red, purple, etc.). The text on the mural, written on a banner that weaves between the bars, reads “Human Rights” and “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment.”

To learn more about our work in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the UDHR, visit: www.artejustice.org/udhr-mural .

03/21/2024

: Julie Mehretu

Happy Women’s History Month! To celebrate, we want to spotlight the brilliant artist,

Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian American contemporary visual artist, known for her multi-layered paintings of abstracted landscapes on a large scale. Her paintings, drawings, and prints depict the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes. Take a look through the slides to learn more about her work.

To support this artivist, follow her here:
Also, visit this website: http://mariangoodman.com/artists/51-julie-mehretu/

We offer this series as a free resource for young people to stay engaged, activated, and inspired to create. Share knowledge of this artist and honor their legacy with others.

03/13/2024

🧩THANK YOU 🧩

Thank you so much for making the 2024 Visions of Justice fundraiser so incredible! We met our goal!!! It was amazing to celebrate with so many of you at The Bronx Brewery this month, and we can’t wait to share space again soon.

While you’ve helped us generate funds to support our programming at the intersection of the visual arts and activism, we even more importantly hope that you consider yourselves a part of a creative and vibrant community dedicated to envisioning a more just world!

Shoutout to our amazing ARTE Ambassadors who helped organize to raise funds and support for our organization. We could not have made this work without you all!

If you’re interested in working closely with ARTE as an Ambassador, visit the link in bio! Learn about our mission and how to join the Creative Resistance for action in visual arts, human rights, and education.

If you weren’t able to attend, you can still donate! Contributing to ARTE via a donation will allow us continue to support youth throughout New York City and across the country in their visual art and activism journeys. We greatly appreciate your commitment to helping us advance our mission.

Don’t forget to follow the work of our 2024 Visions of Justice Award winner, , and the work of our music artist,

03/09/2024

We raised our $20,000 goal!!!

Thank you to everyone who donated—your support was truly invaluable! When we asked for your help, you responded with generosity and we are so appreciative!

For those that would still like to make a last minute donation, we are thrilled to announce that a generous donor has agreed to match all donations up to $2,500 through the end of today, Friday, March 8th, International Women’s Day!

⭐ As a special incentive, the last 3 community members who close out our matching period by midnight tonight will receive a free copy of our Universal Declaration of Human Rights zine, which spotlights incredible youth artwork from our Youth Voices Lead program! ⭐

Thank you again for all your love and community care, and please take a peek at the zine in our Stories!

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Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE) is a nonprofit organization focused on youth development, human rights and arts education. We support the creativity of youth and we dare to dream of a more just world where all human rights are respected. www.artejustice.org https://twitter.com/ARTEJustice http://instagram.com/artejustice