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NONPROFIT PARTNERS
For over 50 years, the Art Colony Association, Inc., producer of the Bayou City Art Festival,
has raised over $3.6 million in support of local nonprofit organizations.
Pictured above are representatives from our Memorial Park 2024 nonprofit partners.
From left to right: FreshArts, ArtReach, The Women's Fund, The Health Museum and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
2025 NON PROFIT PARTNERS
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ARTreach connects community partners with artists to positively impact the underserved and the community as a whole.
We see art as a healing, restorative, and empowering mechanism to help at-risk populations overcome obstacles and thrive. ARTreach serves the tri-county area of Katy, Texas, including greater Fort Bend County, Harris County, and Waller County. ARTreach connects programs through collaborations with many community partners, including social service agencies, government entities, and other nonprofits. ARTreach artists deliver programs in foster care centers, schools, libraries, hospitals, community centers, senior living homes, and residential treatment centers.
Mission:
ARTreach uses the arts to change lives.Through the power of connection, we deliver quality art programs to the most vulnerable populations in our communities: children and families at risk, special needs groups, and senior citizens. In partnership with professional artists and volunteers, we aspire to create positive impact on the community
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Houston Repertoire Ballet is a non-profit performing arts company dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the art of classical ballet. With more than 25 years of performing arts experience combined with exceptional dance instruction in NW Houston and surrounding areas, HRB has developed a reputation as the premier youth ballet in the region with many of its dancers going on to professional dance companies such as Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre (ABT), Oklahoma City Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, to name a few. HRB provides young, talented, dedicated dancers necessary training to enter the professional world of dance while also providing cultural education and community service to surrounding cities within the Greater Houston area.
HRB's Mission:
Houston Repertoire Ballet’s mission is to provide the finest classical ballet instruction, education, and performance experience to local gifted students, and to prepare them for a professional career in the world of dance. We are committed to serving the suburban Houston region with high-quality theatre productions that educate, engage, and entertain residents of all ages and perpetuate their appreciation of dance as an art form.
Mission: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of Houston with diverse histories of art spanning 5,000 years and six continents.
Vincent van Gogh, Hospital at Saint-Remy, 1889, oil on canvas, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the Armand Hammer Collection, gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation.
Fresh Arts hosts professional development workshops and networking events for the creative community, serves as a Model C fiscal sponsor for art projects throughout Houston, and provides access to hyper-local resources to support artists and collectives in their creative endeavors.
FreshArts Mission:
To empower local artists through programs that build knowledge, amplify local resources, and connect communities through art. Fresh Arts envisions Houston as a place where artists and communities thrive together.
The Health Museum's Mission:
The mission of The Health Museum is to foster wonder and curiosity about health, medical science and the human body.
About The Health Museum:
The Health Museum is a nonprofit science museum that was created in response to the polio epidemic that spread throughout the US in the 1940s and 1950s. With donations from the Victory Over Polio vaccination campaign and funds from local organizations, a series of permanent health exhibits were created to fulfill quality health information and education.
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About Brave Little Company:
Brave Little Company is theatre for everyone. We create works about, with, and for kids and their grown-ups, reflecting Houston’s diversity in the stories we tell and the artists who tell them.
Brave Little Company's Mission:
To reflect Houston’s diversity in the stories we tell and the artists who tell them, creating theatre the way kids play.
About Stella Nova:
StellaNova Foundation is a Houston-based 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to provide funding for local organizations which support responsible mental health care to those in need. Such groups provide services to Houstonians who may not have access to, or resources for, care and treatment.
The Foundation and its mission are funded by donations from the public and private sector, as well as the proceeds of special events staged for that purpose.
Founded in 2020, the Foundation is currently making distributions to Guitars 4 Vets, The Purple Heart Project, AHEPA Service Dogs for Warriors, the Montrose Center, and Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston, among others.
Stella Nova's Mission:
to provide funding for local organizations which support responsible mental health care to those in need.
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WHAT IS HOUSTON ART WEEKS?
StellaNova Foundation is excited to announce the inaugural season of Houston Art Weeks! Just in time for the holiday gift season and coinciding with the traditional end of year cycle of charitable giving, we are proud to celebrate Houston's vibrant visual arts scene and our local artists while also raising funds to provide care and treatment of those suffering from mental health issues who may not have access to treatment or care.
