ARTogether

There are some new faces out there and we'd like to introduce ourselves! Welcome to ARTogether — an Oakland-based nonprofit using the arts to build connection, healing, and belonging for immigrant and refugee communities. We believe that art is the universal language of the human experience — it crosses borders, transcends language barriers, and brings people together to imagine and create the futures we all deserve. For many who arrive in the United States seeking safety, art becomes more than expression; it becomes a lifeline. It offers space to process loss, build community, and find one’s place in a new home. At ARTogether, we offer creative social support systems that center the diasporic experience, from newcomers through multi generation immigrants. We have programming that supports children, youth and adults, through wellness workshops to artist residencies, public art projects, and community events. Each gathering is designed to foster connection, celebrate immigrant voices, and strengthen the vibrant cultural fabric of our shared community. Learn more about our work at artogether.org #SharedCommunity #ArtConnects #Belonging

There are some new faces out there and we'd like to introduce ourselves ! We want to welcome you and invite you to join us in creating compassionate communities for Immigrants and Refugees through art. ✨ Ways to be involved!✨ Make a donation 💸 Attend an event 🎨 Become a volunteer - info night coming up soon! 🫶 Participate in a program - check out calendar! 🗓️ Share us with your network ⏩ Subscribe to our newsletter 📩 Follow us on Instagram 💛 Links in bio! 👈 and on our website at artogether.org!

At Edna Brewer Middle School, students spent a semester in mural class working alongside muralists Elaine Chu and ARTogether’s Sabina Kariat to create something entirely their own. They created a design based on what symbolizes belonging to them at their school, and the various strengths of their community. From the music program (whose work was featured in Pixar's Soul) to their sports team, their rootedness to California depicted through flora and fauna, as well as figures based on real students at the school. Every drawing started in a student's hand, with Elaine Chu preserving their original lines as she helped bring the composition together. Even passersby stopped to pick up a brush. #EdnaBrewer #Muralism #CommunityArt #ARTogether #OaklandArts #SenseOfBelonging

New Blog Post by Alexandru Salceanu "In contemporary political discourse, immigration is too often framed through fear, suspicion, and exclusion. Questions of borders and citizenship dominate headlines, while the human realities behind migration are flattened into policy debates. This exhibition pushes back against that logic. By centering artists whose work emerges from lived experience, Where Are You From? restores emotional and historical depth to a conversation often reduced to statistics. It reminds us that migration is not an exception but a fundamental part of human history" This exhibition is on display until May 20th! READ MORE ON OUR BLOG 👉 Link in Bio👈 #WhereAreYouFrom #ARTogether #IdentityAndMigration #ArtAndBelonging #Newsletter

✨ We are hiring a Youth Program Director! Join the ARTogether team ✨ The Youth Program Director will lead ARTogether's youth-focused programs and school partnerships, developing a coherent, fundable, and impactful youth program portfolio. More info and to apply: artogether.org/youth-program-director/ + #LinkinBio! #hiring #YouthProgramDirector #ArtJobs #ArtProgramsforyouth #OaklandYouth

Join us next Wednesday May 13th for our monthly Art and Craft Night, between 4 -7pm at 1200 Harrison Street, in Downtown Oakland. Easily accessible by BART! Gather In is an ongoing drop-in art gathering that offers a safe, welcoming space for immigrants, refugees, and allies to come together, share a meal, and create art in community. Whether through casual conversations over a potluck dinner or hands-on arts and crafts, this event is about connection, healing, and support. #bartable #oaklandarts #ARTogetherCenter

✨ Welcoming the ARTogether Mentorship Hub & Residency 2026 Cohort! ✨ This weekend we opened a new chapter by welcoming the 2026 mentorship hub cohort! Mentors, alumni, staff, and our new mentees gathered to share meals, stories, and the questions that drive us to create across disciplines, cultures, and lived experiences. Meet our 2026 mentorship hub mentees: @aylin_ayee @b.taylor_tv @planttecture @jacquieverbal @jiyoungleedraws @feltthink @trans.baby.draws @sarafinasherman Mentees gave mini artist talks, and we were moved by the range of voices in the room: printmakers, felt artists, painters, calligraphers, illustrators, social practice artists, and more each carrying a distinct perspective shaped by their journey. The ARTogether Mentorship Hub exists for emerging refugee, immigrant, diasporic, and underrepresented artists in the Bay Area, to offer not just studio space, but a community grounded in wellness, peer connection, and collective power. #ARTogether #ArtistResidency #MentorshipHub #ImmigrantArtists #DiasporicArt OaklandArtists RefugeeArtists BayAreaArt

Art and Craft Night at ARTogether - Join us every 2nd Wednesday of the month! Drop in between 4-7pm for a relaxed afternoon of art and friends! 📍 ARTogether Center 1200 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94611 Join for a night of art, food, and togetherness. No registration is needed—just drop in, bring a snack to share if you’d like, and let’s create, connect, and build community together! #oaklandarts #communityarts #freeartclass #artclassesoakland

Happy Nowruz! Last month ARTogether's Afghan Women's Art Circle gathered with @CERIeastbay to welcome the New Year and Spring. This gathering is centered on creating and sharing art, reflecting on the symbols of the Haft-Seen table, and sharing a meal to usher in the new season. Thank you to Dina @iwin_org and CERI staff Weeda, Yalda & Neda for making this beautiful event come to life.

✨ARTogether is hiring a Co-Executive Director ✨ As we enter a new era of shared leadership, we're looking for the second half of our leadership team, a Co-Executive Director focused on operations, finance, HR, and foundation and government grants. You're the right person if you: → Lead with operational clarity, strategic vision, and genuine care → Understand and are connected to immigrant and refugee communities → Have a track record in nonprofit finance and foundation grant management → Believe in shared leadership as a model for sustainable, mission-driven organizations → Are ready to help build something that will last The foundation is strong. The mission is clear. The community is ready. Oakland, CA | Full-time | 32-hour workweek (4 days) Salary: $95,000 Full job description and application: link in bio & artogether.org/opportunities/ Please share this with anyone whose heart is in this work. 💛

Meet ARTogether's new Co-Executive Director! We are proud to introduce Sarah McClean as Co-Executive Director of ARTogether, effective July 1, 2026. Sarah came to ARTogether four years ago as an intern while pursuing her degree from UC Berkeley, where prior to, she spent 20 years in visual communications as a business owner. Since then, she has become the architect of ARTogether's public voice, our stories, our newsletters, our community presence, our donor relationships. She showed up, again and again, for this community and for this mission. Now she steps into shared leadership of the organization she helped build. ARTogether is moving to a Co-Executive Director model, a structure that reflects how we've always worked: together, in collaboration, and in service to our community. We are also searching for a second Co-Executive Director to lead operations and grants. Know someone whose heart is in this work? Share this with them. 🔗 Full announcement and job listing: link in bio. #ARTogether #NewLeadership #CommunityArt #ImmigrantStories #Oakland #NowHiring

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! We are excited to share the next piece of ARTogether’s leadership story. ARTogether was born from the belief that art builds belonging. Nine years later, that belief is stronger than ever — and so are we. As we usher in the next era for ARTogether, our Board has been working closely with Leva to ensure a thoughtful, healthy transition. And as part of that next chapter, we are excited to share that ARTogether has moved to a Co-Executive Director Leadership model. This shared leadership reflects the collaborative spirit at the heart of the work we do. We are thrilled to announce that Sarah McClean — ARTogether's Communications and Public Affairs Director — has been appointed as Co-Executive Director, effective July 1, 2026. Sarah will anchor our community presence, communications, and partnerships. With this, we are also launching a search for a second Co-Executive Director to lead operations and grants. Link in bio for full job description! Our mission continues: to offer art programs where immigrants and refugees can connect, share their stories, and build their futures. Our programs are running. Our community is showing up. Our team is dedicated. Spread the word! We are looking for our next Co-ED! #ARTogether #ArtForChange #ImmigrantCommunity #RefugeeCommunity #Oakland #NowHiring