RUCKUSROOTS INC

HOW: We collaborate with local artists, communities and schools to create accessible programs that build interdisciplinary arts skills, uncovering and confronting environmental issues that impact the community.

WHY: The arts have always been at the forefront of monumental societal shifts, building empathy, understanding and bridging the gap between problem and solution. But, accessible artistic programming is lacking in the communities we serve and simultaneously, these communities are disproportionately and negatively impacted by environmental injustices like litter, pollution and a lack of green spaces. Our programs offer art-making as an essential tool for addressing these injustices.

Our vision is an artistically vibrant and environmentally resilient neighborhoods for all residents, regardless of social or economic standing.

WE ARE:

• Interactive: Art has an active, not passive, role.

• Collaborative: Programs are co-created with community members based on community interest.

• Creative: Participants express their own creative ideas.

• Change-Making: Programs aim to affect positive change at the local level, addressing a need or desire identified by community members.

• Community Driven: Multi-generational, multi-level community involvement, including family, local business and audience.