Viva La Free is an arts ecosystem powered by & for BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S NB+ Artists. 

We deploy visual and performing arts, tech, & design to energize, activate & heal. 

Ourselves. Our youth. Our communities. 

 

We practice art as medicine. 

Our decolonized models value process over product. 

Viva La Free’s innovative arts movement reclaims the practices of healing personal, historic & collective trauma. We embrace our power to express our humanity.
Together we bring our visions to life.

 

Viva La Free’s art activism ecology liberates policy, practices, curriculum & culture by providing:

 

• No Cost Access 4 Youth Arts & Tech Programs & Projects

• Opportunities 4 Paid Artist Apprentices to experience professional arts practice, production,
  skill development & collaborative design w/creative professionals

• Funding, Space & Resources 4 Resident Artists 

• Sanctuary Retreats & Incubators 4 Artists to explore & develop creative expression
  to process, release & heal individually & collectively

• Responsive Funding 4 Artists, Art Action & Spontaneous Projects

 

Viva La Free’s evolutionary nature enables us to adapt & grow to support & nurture visionaries
in the movement 4 Black Lives, Liberation & Indigenous Sovereignty

 

Viva la Revolución!

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Board of Directors Shamay Thomas, Leaha Lewis, Brenda Morgan, Nina Lewis
CEO, Creative Director Layna Lewis
Asst ED Kayla Banks

Viva La Free is a project of Kenton Action Plan 501(c)3