Artolution

09/03/2026

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09/01/2026

Ten years ago, Artolution started with paint, a wall, and whoever wanted to join.

Last year, 122 local artists led Artolution projects in 23 countries. And as we approach our tenth anniversary, Artolution begins its next chapter with a new leader.

Marine Arango has led our global operations since 2024, and brings deep experience in mental health and psychosocial support to the work. Today, she becomes our Executive Director. Our co-founders Joel and Max are moving closer to the art, the programs, and the field.

They wrote a letter about it: https://mailchi.mp/artolution/a-letter-from-joel-and-max

08/31/2026

In Kampala, Uganda, Artolution brought together local youth, educators, community leaders, and artists for “Community Art for Safer Streets”, a 10-day collaborative public art project using murals to promote helmet use, shared responsibility, and safer mobility

Through workshops and the co-creation of a large-scale public mural, community members transformed a roadside wall into a powerful platform for road-safety education and grassroots advocacy. The artwork reminds every road user that protecting life is a shared responsibility for riders, drivers, passengers and pedestrians.

Led by Artolution teaching artists Ssessanga Pandabwoyart Es-ero. , the project demonstrates what becomes possible when communities are not simply reached with messages, but are given the space to shape, create, and champion those messages themselves.
"When communities create the message, the message is easily understood and When people see themselves in the solution, change becomes possible."

This work is part of a broader global effort spanning Uganda, Colombia, Bangladesh, and Jordan, connecting culture, creativity, and community leadership to the urgent goal of reducing road deaths and injuries.

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08/26/2026

The Art of Breastfeeding: Stories. Cultures. Connections.

A new global initiative from Artolution and the Human Milk Institute at UC San Diego, bringing community-created art together with maternal health.

It began in Bidi Bidi settlement in northern Uganda. When our teaching artists asked what mattered most to the community, breastfeeding came up again and again, from mothers and from health workers. The women painted it, openly, for everyone to see.

In workshops led by local artists, mothers, fathers, and families use painting and storytelling to explore feeding, identity, and wellbeing. Over the next year, the canvases they create will travel, from Uganda to Bangladesh to Jordan to the United States, each community adding to what the last one began. We bring the collection together next year, during Breastfeeding Awareness Month, in an exhibition of art made by communities who never met, yet created something as one.

Art and breastfeeding are both deeply human. We're bringing them together, across cultures, one story at a time.

08/26/2026

Take a video tour of our Artolution Art Center in Azraq Refugee Camp, all led by local Syrian artists

Despite the harsh conditions of the camp, our team is bringing the joy of creativity to thousands of children, youth and women who have faced severe trauma and isolation. This is how the arts can be used to strengthen mental health and teach new skills

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Thanks to the Azraq team for you’re tireless dedication and energy: .sl.a

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

For nine years, Rohingya artists have been making work in the world's largest refugee camp. Not about what was done to them, but about who they are, where they come from, and the future they refuse to stop imagining.

Nine Years On is an exhibition of that work. Memories of home. Color carried out of loss. A people telling their own story, in their own hands.

Made by Rohingya artists and survivors, with Legal Action Worldwide and Danish Refugee Council, funded by the European External Action Service - EEAS.

If you're near Cox's Bazar, come see it.
📍 Rohingya Centre, Camp 10 · 24-31 August · daily 10am-3pm

08/25/2026

Together with the community youth, educators, leaders and Artists, through dialogue, storytelling, co-creation and collaborative art marking. Every brush stroke is a reminder: Safer roads start with informed choices and shared responsibility. Helmet Use and general Road Discipline being key in achieving safety.
Artolution UN Road Safety Collaboration Dr. Max Frieder, Ed.D Ssessanga Pandabwoyart Moses Mukiibi Bulega Farouk Es-ero.

08/04/2026

While visiting Kenya for a performance, dancers and .chanoki from Switzerland’s stopped by AfroCure Arts Centre () in Kibera and spent the afternoon dancing with the children.

They shared new movement techniques, encouraged the children to experiment, and created a space full of energy, laughter, and confidence. The children were eager to learn, and just as excited to show what they could do.

runs year-round arts and mentorship programs for children and young people in Kibera, with support from Artolution.

07/15/2026

Eight murals. Eight stories shaped by the people who call the Pink Houses home.

Created through conversations and collaborative workshops with residents in East New York, Brooklyn, this series reflects the experiences, values, and hopes shared by the community. From inclusion and accessibility to care across generations, each mural tells a story inspired by the people who helped create it.

Together, the murals celebrate the everyday moments that strengthen a community: looking out for one another, welcoming every neighbor, and creating spaces where everyone belongs.

Created by and with residents of the Louis H. Pink Houses.

Implemented by Artolution in partnership with and Willdan Performance Engineering.