Art in the Community
Our collaborative community youth art projects help us to provide teens on probation with arts programming after they are released from incarceration. The artworks they create can be found inside public schools, juvenile detention facilities, community centers, and social service agencies.
This 7’ x 4’ painting was created by a group of young women who are enrolled in high school through the Juvenile Court and Community School S.A.F.E program. This program helps teens mothers to receive their high school diploma while working and caring for their children. The artwork is permanently installed inside the school where the girls attend their classes.
public murals
Our Veteran Mural Program creates paid internship opportunities for veterans to create murals in the San Diego community that share with the general public the challenges they face when they return home from war.
This 4’ x 8’ mural was created by a group of post-911 combat veterans suffering from PTSD who wanted to highlight the difficulties they face going out into the public and trying to reintegrate into society after war.
youth Collaborative Art projects
While youth are incarcerated inside Juvenile Justice facilities, Combat Arts facilitates collaborative art projects that groups of incarcerated youth participate in while serving out their sentences. The artworks they create are permanently exhibited in high traffic areas inside the detention centers.
Ten banners depicting words of strength and hope were created by a group of incarcerated teens serving out their sentences at the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility. The artworks are permanently displayed inside the Youth Transition Campus in Kearny Mesa, San Diego.
Art shows and symposiums in the community
Throughout the year, Combat Arts host art exhibitions and symposiums at art galleries, college campuses, regional theaters, and other community venues that showcase and discuss the artwork created in our programming.
The scene in this photo is of a Veteran Art Symposium and panel discussion that Combat Arts hosted inside the Glashaus Gallery located in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego.