ArtCorps

ArtCorps is a dynamic social enterprise using the arts to advance social change initiatives in developing countries. Each year, ArtCorps sends volunteer professional artists to work with Central American development organizations with established environmental, public health and human rights initiatives. During their one to two year placements, the artists train the NGO in the use of the arts as an effective methodology for community empowerment and engagement, educating and inspiring people to participate actively in improving the environmental, health, and social conditions in their communities. Since 1999, ArtCorps has sent 40 artists from around the world to train more than 20 different organizations in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to incorporate art and culture as a tool for outreach, impacting over 50,000 people in more than 180 communities.