Resilient Community Arts (RCA) is built on the philosophy that when community members have a place to voice their experiences, to harness cultural power, and amplify their stories and what is important to them, we take steps forward together towards a more just and equitable world.
RCA exists to provide an accessible, community-driven arts space that fosters meaningful independent creativity and nurtures collaborative efforts to bring marginalized identities into the center of the arts— specifically those facing economic hardship.
We believe our work at RCA will support systematic change in the arts at large, shifting the narrative around who and what creative spaces exist to serve to allow all different kinds of people to have a part in the record of history that is art, to have their story reflected in what is deemed as valuable or significant. We believe that the members right here in our community are makers, artists, curators, activists, teachers, and experts in their own lives, their own needs. This is why we center community input in everything we do.
