ABOUT US

“Our strategies and approaches facilitate transformative journeys on both personal and communal levels. Using artistic and empathetic tools, we effectively engage with at-risk and vulnerable populations, fostering empowerment and positive change.”

In Community Art Project, we leverage extensive practical experiences of our founder, Carlos Ossa Valencia worldwide to empower individuals and communities through creative actions. Our strategies and approaches facilitate transformative journeys on both personal and communal levels. Using artistic and empathetic tools, we effectively engage with at-risk and vulnerable populations, fostering empowerment and positive change.

COLOMBIA

A big % of young person Growing up in Colombia in the 80s from a poor social context experience the consequences of the long-standing internal conflict and the emerging drug trafficking., corruption, poverty and a normalise social state of Violence. 10 million people direct victims of the conflict, including 6 million Internal Displaced people. In this circumstances A big quantity of young people in the rurales areas in my country became combatants, and in city areas were attracted for the economical abundance that the cocaine businesses brought to the country.

Growing up in that context A creative social project, as part of my obligatory military services, showed me the power of the arts when they are in direct contact with people that have less access to creative and safe spaces. From that instant and until today I have been using art in my work with a diverse range of communities, including: police, army, ex guerrilla and paramilitaries young soldiers, young people, internal displaced people, artist.

MYANMAR

In 2012 Myanmar Art Social projeCt (MASC), was co-founded. MASC use artistic tools and therapeutic concepts to enable transformation and healing on two levels: the individual and the community. MASC continue working today in Myanmar, as local lead organisation. Over the years MASC developed a methodology created with a multidisciplinary group of: Art therapist, phycologist, peace practitioners, yoga practitioners, performers, artists, musicians, working with young people, elderly, IDPs, ex-political prisoners.

LONDON

In London, Community Art Project was founded in 2021 to continue applying locally and internationally the successful approache build in the last 20 years for our founder and team. Community Art Project is currently working across London with different communities like, young people, women and refugees .