OFFROUTE ART
- partners with businesses and organizations to display (and sell) the work of artists (ages 16 - 24), from all backgrounds, who are driven to create original pieces of art part-time, full-time, or sometimes
- build connections between artists and a broader audience
- breaks down barriers between art and accessibility
MISSION:
Offroute Art’s primary function is to support artists aged 16-24 by creating and engaging these individuals in an inclusive community that connects their art, energy, and vision with a greater audience. We believe that the power of art combined with youth energy is a force for good in the world. By giving young adults support and belonging, community organically begins to grow and expand. We have envisioned opening a physical location in the form of a nonprofit coffee shop and community space that attracts a broad audience and allows young adults to feel active and empowered within their community.
Offroute Art’s primary function is to support artists aged 16-24 by creating and engaging these individuals in an inclusive community that connects their art, energy, and vision with a greater audience. We believe that the power of art combined with youth energy is a force for good in the world. By giving young adults support and belonging, community organically begins to grow and expand. We have envisioned opening a physical location in the form of a nonprofit coffee shop and community space that attracts a broad audience and allows young adults to feel active and empowered within their community.
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AFFORDABLE ART STORE:
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT We reuse materials as much as possible. When you make a purchase from from Offroute, it is most likely packaged in reused or donated materials. We hope you can reuse these materials as well, or recycle them.* *Reuse is any activity that lengthens the life of an item. Recycling is the reprocessing of an item into a new raw material. |
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS:
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BELOW ARE THE FRAMEWORKS WE HAVE BUILT OUR VALUES AROUND.
THESE GUIDE US IN HOW WE HONOR OUR ARTISTS AND APPROACH THEIR WORK:
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"Coherence directs our attention to the stories that we tell that make our lives meaningful. Its opposite is something like vertigo, a loss of orientation. Mystery directs our attention to the fact that the universe is far bigger and subtler than any possible set of stories that we might develop. Whatever we think, there’s more to it than that; it’s not a riddle to be solved but a mystery to explore. These maxims for making better social worlds can be derived from the concepts of coherence and mystery:
• Treat all stories, your own as well as others, as incomplete, unfinished, biased, and inconsistent. • Treat your own stories as “local,” dependent on your own perspective, history, and purposes. • Treat stories that differ from your own as “valid” within the framework of the other person’s perspective, history, and purposes. • Be curious about other people’s stories. -Barnett Pearce |
"Community Weaving fosters a vibrant grassroots web, which builds and bridges social capital between individuals, among group members, and across community systems. The result is an intricate patchwork of conscientious citizens functioning interdependently with one another and formal systems, in order to mend the tears in the social fabric caused by fragmentation and shifts in the cultural, economic, and political climate. Given time, the beneficent presence and dynamic activity of Community Weaving changes the culture of community and transforms lives."
-Cheryl Honey |
"[A]n unexpected result of restorative practices in business has proved to be an enhanced sense of community. In addition to protecting a company’s human capital from the competition, social bonds and improved relationships fostered by restorative practices within an organization create an environment that supports learning and change."
-Ted Wachtel
-Ted Wachtel
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If you are interested in becoming a community or school partner, or donor, please contact us.
If you have new or used art supplies that you would like to donate, please email offrouteart@gmail.com. |
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