Brave Arts

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Our goal is encouraging people to use their creative gifts.

At Brave Arts, we've kept our mission purposely broad, to include local art education, art adventure tours, writing workshops, social ARTivism in our own art work, which has been shown in Morris Graves Museum of Art, Strawberry Rock Gallery, Brenda Tuxford Gallery, and Blue Lake Studio/Gallery. We are a big proponent of seeing everything creative as art.

With that in mind, we've added a key subproject to Brave Arts:

HOPE SACK.

Our ongoing weekly project that began in January 2023, Hope Sack distributes tote bags of toiletries, hygiene kits, socks, and other essentials to locals in need of the most basic supplies. Hope Sack often distributes from resource centers around the county. As of early 2024, we have distributed more than 700 Hope Sacks one by one, speaking with people individually about their current needs and short-term goals.

We receive a variety of supplies from our partnership with Arcata House Partnership (AHP) and our informal partnership with Together Women Rise: Humboldt chapter, as well as from our DreamMaker status with The Ink People for the Arts. Most of our financial support comes from individuals and small grants. For more information, you can reach us directly at www.bluelakestudio.net/contact.

Your financial donations go directly toward operations and supplies. Thank you!