🌟 At ABG, the love we receive from our community fuels our passion EVERY single day! This week, we’re shining a light on the gratitude we hold for each and every one of you who supports our mission to guide our youth through the power of the arts! Your encouragement inspires creativity, fosters talent, and builds a brighter future. 💖
Join us in celebrating this incredible journey together! Explore our latest initiatives and see how you can get involved in nurturing the next generation of artists. Every bit of support makes a difference! If you would like to support ABG, DONATE at the link in our bio!! 🎨❤️
In May 2023, I became the Executive Director of a little organization called @artsbridgegap (ABG). I had no idea what to expect, but the past year and a half has been an incredible journey, and it’s amazing to see our little team grow so much! This year, we celebrated our 10 Year Anniversary with some of our closest friends.
At ABG, we believe that every child deserves to experience the empowerment of the arts. It is our mission as an organization to uplift the voices, experiences, and self-expression of youth from under-resourced communities through multidisciplinary healing arts programs. We serve over 5,000 young people annually. The majority live at or below the poverty line, and we use the arts to support them in becoming their best selves. With our visual artists, we have painted over 100 youth-designed and community-created murals in Los Angeles—including one on an airplane and another that is considered to be the largest Black Lives Matter movement mural in the United States! Our performing artists have put on wildly spectacular musicals with youth, and our gardening artists have created several urban farms to combat food apartheid.
I am so thankful to be a part of this community and am so incredibly thankful for my team members. From Board Members to Artists to staff, I am surrounded by some of the most talented, creative, and kind people I have ever met. I am so thankful to be the Executive Director of ABG!
Thank you to our sponsors and the people for making this event possible!!
some inspiring words from our grant recipient @rebekahrrose during their mural project with @artsbridgegap 🙏
#causability #causabilitygrant #creatorgrant #grant #artgrant
Last night, ABG was welcomed by our friends at @wildwoodschoolla for the Institute Open House! ✨
This year, ABG has been partnering with the Wildwood Institute for Social Leadership (@ww_wisl ) on developing strategies to gather impact stories from our youth. Our Executive Director sat down with lead WISL consultant and friend of ABG, Cooper, and other panelists to talk about human-centered skills in a rapidly evolving world, student agency, finding one’s purpose, and the impact of the arts on communities!
Thank you to Cooper and longtime friend of ABG, @lizabear2025 , for inviting us!
Thank you to the @artsbridgegap community to coming to support such a historic finale to our inaugural season. Thank you to @twopianochris , @ericcheng321 and @raphaelalacerda.conductor for joining us for such a wonderful night. Special thanks to @artsbridgegap who made the SGV Symphony possible in every shape and form. Without their guidance and their foundation, the SGVSO would never have become what it is today.
The arts is alive and will change lives because of the work Arts Bridging the Gap does.
I just love our @artsbridgegap team and family. I am bursting with love joy and pride tonight and so honored to get to work with all of you! Thank you for helping me make my dream into a reality!! There are so many young people out there that smile a little bit more now and you make that happen every day! Thank you, thank you thank you! @twopianochris@sgvsymphony #artchangeslives #artmatters#m #artseducation
There are no words to describe the magic of tonight, but maybe these videos will help :-) so proud of my @artsbridgegap our team of @sgvsymphony and so so grateful to @twopianochris for being with us tonight for bringing such incredible music to our community and for all your love and support over the years!
