Advancing the arts for social change.
Our initiatives have been at The Teen Vogue Fest, The AWP Literary Conference, and more.
Our work is made possible with support from our sponsors and partners
Art changes the world.
Initiative: The Bahebak Project
Sir John, Beyoncé’s head of beauty, wearing our designed Bahebak (This Says I Love You) t-shirt as an ambassador for our Bahebak Project initiative 2016-2022), on the Teen Vogue Summit panel, a day of panels also featuring Hillary Clinton and Maxine Waters.
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Through this initiative, launched in response to the Muslim Ban, we not only provided education and creative advocacy to shift culture away from Islamophobia and anti-Arab prejudice, we funded rent and medical care for Syrian refugee families throughout California.
The Arts Initiative (formerly SpeakWild) is artist-led, an umbrella for over a decade of innovation in the arts, creative advocacy, and direct action for social change led by Founding Artistic Director Anna Goodman Herrick.
The Arts Initiative is fiscally sponsored by Counterpart/ The Field, a nationally registered not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the arts community.
Initiative: Bodies Beloved x AWP Conference
Founding Artistic Director and author Anna Goodman Herrick signs books at our Bodies Beloved initiative at the AWP Conference.
Transforming Spaces & Communities
Creating public-engaging, transformative contemporary artworks, interventions, and performances, from public art in vacant spaces to participatory performance art in unexpected places.
Providing the tools and platforms to write and share impactful creative writing, while strengthening community and improving mental health.
Support the arts and shift culture.
The Arts Initiative is fiscally sponsored by Counterpart/ The Field, a nationally registered not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the arts community.