Art + Practice

Mission Statement

Art + Practice (“A+P”) is a 501(c)(3) private operating nonprofit foundation. The mission of A+P is:   

1. To support the needs of foster youth by providing them with access to housing, education and employment support, overseen by A+P’s foster youth social service collaborator First Place for Youth; and
2. To provide its community with free access to museum-curated contemporary art.

About ART + PRACTICE

Founded by artist Mark Bradford, philanthropist and collector Eileen Harris Norton, and social activist Allan DiCastro, Art + Practice (A+P) is an arts and education private operating foundation based in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.

A+P’s mandate is to create an educational platform that supports the acquisition of employment skills for foster youth and stresses the cultural importance of art within a larger social context. The organization occupies a nearly 20,000 square-foot campus in Leimert Park, where it directs its programs and activities and works in collaboration with nonprofit social service provider First Place for Youth and museum institutions across the United States.