Transforming Communities Through Art & Visual Storytelling

We empower youth and communities through creative expression, education, and public art.

Our Mission

MIGUEL OSUNA

“His interest in questioning the past, particularly how we receive information remains a fundamental part of his practice.”

- jill moniz, founder on Kori Newkirk

THEN, NOW & FOREVER: BIDDY’S GARDEN

Bridget "Biddy" Mason was a free Black woman who in the 1860s after winning her emancipation purchased a land parcel in Los Angeles, in what would later become the financial district and where Transformative Arts is headquartered now.

Biddy's Garden honors Mason's work serving her community with innovation programs and her midwifery with art-making by five Los Angeles-based artists: June Edmonds, Adrienne Devine, Mercedes Dorame, Francesca Lalanne and Silvi Naçi.

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On Mojo Rising in partnership with CSU LA | Honoring Betye Saar

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Betye Saar from Mojo Rising

“Betye Saar is still a conjurer who uses diverse cultural iconography to ritualize recycling, investigate identity and contest how and where we find beauty.”