Mission

Break the Silence Mural and Arts Project works in the intersection of trauma, memory, creativity, resilience and resistance, making visible the connections between struggles for social justice globally and histories that have been obliterated or forgotten. The project aims to engage the public on multiple levels to create potential spaces for critical thinking and action that advances progressive social change.

BTS works across movements-  using culture to create alliances as well as perceptual ‘ruptures’ or ‘disturbances’  wherein people have the opportunity to  see connections that they had not seen before, and  to imagine new possibilities.  BTS works in partnership with a wide range of organizations, from mental health programs in Gaza, to environmental organizations, to organizations providing material aid, to those organizing non-violent resistance.  Our ultimate goal is to use culture as an organizing tool to bring people together across movements.  Our cultural products are then used by activists and organizers in their work to touch and move people.

Art Forces