Art for Action Fundraiser 2023
The 2023 Art for Action raffle drawing will occur on February 14th 5PM ET on Zoom & Facebook Live.
Stunning Art You Could Take Home in 2023 (for a $10 ticket!)
2023 Raffle FAQs
How will I receive my art?
All art won can be shipped anywhere in the United States.
Where will the proceeds go?
All proceeds from the raffle will be invested in the youth leaders of the YA-YA community.
$10 - will pay for a nutritious snack for program participants.
$25 - will stipend one YA-YA for one organizing meeting.
$50 - will cover supplies for making signs and banners for direct action.
$100 - will stipend a YA-YA organizer for one month.
$250 -will stipend one youth facilitator in YA-YA's Facilitation Bootcamp program.
$500 - will stipend one YA-YA in the Empower Fellowship.
Do I have to attend the event itself ?
Attendees are invited to our event to meet the artists and YA-YA student leaders, but it’s not mandatory and we would be honored for your support and can enter you into the raffles of your choice without your presence that evening (we would prefer to have your company though, if at all possible!)
Art For Action 2021
Art For Action 2020
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Jose Aurelio Baez | Artist
My creative process is rooted in repurposing and collaging paper into painting and drawing. I use collage to physically distort and abstract found paper from its original form to create layers of color and texture. Working with materials like paper, cardboard, newsprint and photography I intend to display a level of accessibility to my work.
Over the years this process of creation through deconstruction has informed all of my creative work from murals, installation and illustration - transferring images, lifting colors, chopping up visuals and replicating textures to present new perspectives of familiar objects.
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Timothy DuWhite | Poet
Timothy DuWhite, most recently known as Ungrateful Black Artist (UGBA - 'oog ba') is a queer poet, rapper, playwright, actor, and activist based out of Brooklyn, NY. His essays and poetry can be found in The Rumpus, The Root, Afropunk, Black Youth Project, The Grio, THEM and elsewhere. UGBA is the founder/host of CEREMONIES, a Brooklyn based monthly Black-Queer artist showcase held in honor of Essex Hemphill. In the summer of 2018, UGBA debuted his one-man show NEPTUNE as the headliner for Dixon Place's annual “Hot Festival.” Following rave reviews and sold-out performances, NEPTUNE was then restaged as the 2019 kick-off event for Brooklyn Museum’s acclaimed “1st Saturday'' series. In 2020, UGBA was named a “Black LGBTQ+ playwright you need to know '' by Time Out NY. He is an alumnus of the Public Theater’s #BARS program. He is a current member of the Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group 2020-2023 cohort. A 2020-2021 BAM Resident, former Senior Editor at RaceBaitr.com, and current Program Director at NY Writers Coalition. @ungrateful_black_artist
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Leila Abdelrazaq | Artist
Leila is a Palestinian author and artist born in Chicago and currently living in Detroit. Her debut graphic novel, Baddawi (Just World Books 2015) was shortlisted for the 2015 Palestine Book Awards and has been translated into three languages. She is also the author and Illustrator of The Opening (Tosh Fesh, 2017) as well as a number of zines and short comics.
