The Artlands has supported the following organizations through collaborative art shows and programming. We encourage you to check out their amazing work.
Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley
Angry Tias and Abuelas’ mission is to provide basic necessities for health and safety and support for human dignity and justice to individuals and families seeking asylum at our borders and as they embark on their journeys to designated destinations in the US.
Border Kindness
Border Kindness provides asylum-seekers, migrants, refugees, and the displaced with comprehensive services that include food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and legal services.
Their programs and interventions are designed to identify, protect, and nurture the most vulnerable, including women, children, the elderly, and families.
Border Kindness believes everyone should have the opportunity to live free of pain, hunger, intimidation, and fear.
Feeding America IE
Feeding America IE is one of 200 food banks affiliated with Feeding America, the National Food Bank Network. FARSB serves the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, aka the Inland Empire. There are over 800,000 people who live below the poverty line in the Inland Empire and over 400,000 people who are food insecure. The FARSB food bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in the Inland Empire, with over 100,000 people who rely on them each month.
The Painted Desert Project
The Painted Desert Project connects public artists with communities through mural opportunities on the Navajo Nation. In an effort to boost tourism on the reservation, to supplement the incomes of families with roadside stands, and to nurture the creative talent of local youth, The Painted Desert Project invites world-renowned street artists to come to the Navajo Nation to paint murals as funding allows.
Punks For Pussies
Punks For Pussies’ main purpose is to find homes for homeless cats and kittens, catch, spay, neuter, feed, prevent cruelty to, and provide medical care for them as needed, and to provide sanctuary for some rescues, feral, and special needs cats.
Redlands Conservancy
Redlands Conservancy seeks to protect and preserve Redlands’ historic built environment and irreplaceable agricultural and natural environments while inspiring appreciation and a sense of stewardship in Redlands’ residents.
Studio Mariposa
Studio Mariposa is a free art center on the Mexican side of the border wall which provides free art and music classes for kids. Their art center is located in Naco, Sonora, just across the border from Bisbee, Arizona. Students from the studio have painted murals along a mile-long stretch of the border wall.
TruEvolution
TruEvolution fights for health equity and racial justice to advance the quality of life and human dignity of LGBTQ+ people.
UNCF
UNCF envisions a nation where all Americans have equal access to a college education that prepares them for rich intellectual lives, competitive and fulfilling careers, engaged citizenship and service to our nation. UNCF’s North Star is to increase the total annual number of African American college graduates by focusing on activities that ensure more students are college-ready, enroll in college and persist to graduation.