We are arts educators, art therapists, artist teachers, and educators committed to facilitating socially engaged arts and education initiatives with children and youth in conflict-affected environments towards individual and collective transformation. Through respect, open dialogue, and long-term cooperation, we work with local partners to create, produce and share these experiences with a broader global audience.
We believe the fostering of capabilities associated with the arts – from engaging in creative expression and reflection to big picture thinking – can provide people with the freedoms, abilities, and agency to respond to and take action in their daily lives. All children, youth, and their communities should have opportunities to participate in arts, culture and education as a means of expression and transformation.