Art for ALL
We are artists, advocates, and activists tapping into the power of art to help build happier, healthier communities. We believe that all people need opportunities for creative self-expression and connection with other people, but access to these opportunities is inequitable and often excludes many people. We provide free, equitable access to high quality creative opportunities that increase wellbeing and connect people within communities.
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Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community.
UNITED NATIONS
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
ARTICLE 27, 1948
Research has shown that engaging in the arts—even for short periods of time—reduces stress, enhances coping and emotional regulation, and increases wellbeing.
UF CENTER FOR ARTS IN MEDICINE
MOBILIZING LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ASSETS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19, 2020
Our Work
Next Stop Studio at a group children’s home
Rolling Studio - The NOMAD Art Bus
Justice Studio at Pinellas Regional Juvenile Detention Center
Studio on the Block - MicroCamp in Childs Park Neighborhood
Since 2013, NOMAD has been out in the community engaging people in acts of creative expression that they otherwise might not have joined. This effort is made possible by dozens of active volunteers, a handful of teaching artists, a circle of donors, and thousands of curious and creative community members. We facilitate creativity through interactions such as:
2x-3x weekly arts enrichment with youth detained at juvenile detention centers
Weekly pop-up art camps in several neighborhoods that have been negatively impacted by policies or development projects
Monthly art programs for children in foster care
Engagement with students in local after-school programs
Programs for people in congregate living facilities: halfway houses, homeless shelters, residential facilities, and domestic violence shelters
Our Mission
We put creativity in motion to fuel connections and nurture communities. We do this by mobilizing artists, activating shared spaces, and celebrating creativity as an essential part of human wellbeing.
Art is a form of human expression and is for all people, not just those with access to the tools, supplies, and education to participate.
Founded in 2013 with a mission of “art for ALL,” NOMADstudio—the Neighborhood Oriented Mobile Art + Design Studio—engages people in acts of creative expression in places and spaces where there is often little or no access to arts programming.
Our story: