Artistic Noise creates community with system-impacted youth to enhance their lives through the empowering and therapeutic potential of art making.

THE SYSTEM WANTS US TO BE SILENT

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THAT’S WHY WE MAKE ARTISTIC NOISE

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THE SYSTEM WANTS US TO BE SILENT ● THAT’S WHY WE MAKE ARTISTIC NOISE ●

WHO WE ARE

Artistic Noise is a Harlem-based nonprofit consisting of artists, educators, activists, licensed art therapists, and many gifted young people. For over 20 years, we have connected the power of artistic practice with thousands of youth who are incarcerated, on probation, in foster care, unhoused, or otherwise impacted by the juvenile court system.

Artistic Noise programming creates safe and celebratory spaces where court-involved and system-impacted teens and young adults can be seen, heard, and supported on their pathways into adulthood.

Art workshops with young people in community and detention facilities

Individual artworks created in collaboration with system-impacted youth

Exhibitions showcasing artwork created within these programs

Of art sales distributed directly to the artists who created the work

THE POWER OF ART

Though people affected by the juvenile court system have a great deal to say, they oftentimes have very few opportunities to be heard or seen by the public. At Artistic Noise, we believe it is a healing and empowering experience for artists in our community to tell their own stories rather than relying on others to tell their stories for them.

ARTISTIC NOISE’S ANNUAL EXHIBITION

Each year young artists from our Art & Entrepreneurship program curate an end-of-year art exhibition. This public event showcases the unique points of view that make up our Artistic Noise community while highlighting the incredible accomplishments these young artists have made over the past year of collaborating with us.

  • "Artistic Noise helped me turn my life around 180 degrees. I was getting into a lot of trouble, and every other year I was incarcerated. Coming into Artistic Noise made me feel that I didn’t have to do those types of things anymore.”

    — Artistic Noise Alumni

  • "The Art & Entrepreneurship program showed me that I can use my artistic talent in order to make my way in the world, and that’s all I needed."

    — Artistic Noise Alumni

  • “Because I’m a mom, I’m not always able to sit down and engage with art the way I want to. When I feel isolated, instead of putting myself into a more stressful situation now I use art instead."

    — Artistic Noise Alumni Artist in Residence

Support Artistic Noise

We greatly appreciate your donation to Artistic Noise, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your contribution powers our mission of providing essential services for system-impacted young people, and is tax-deductible as permitted by law.