Native mural community engagement
Since its inception, DAMA's primary work has been to listen to communities and amplify their voices, hopes, identities, victories, struggles, and obstacles into art that transforms and beautifies public spaces and people.
Today, we continue working to bring community members together through paint dates across the city, collaborative design processes, guided art-making, youth development, and artist training. Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date on our community paint dates and paint with us. We wish our Madison and global family wellness and health.
— The DAMA Team
WHAT IS DAMA?
Developing Artists Murals and Alliances (DAMA) exists to foster youth development through collective art experiences and to train local artists to stabilize and sustain community transformation processes.
Our vision is to use mural making to help develop a network of communities whose members, especially youth, feel safe in their neighborhoods and proud of their communities.
DAMA empowers artists, neighborhoods, and youth to become change agents, collaborating on projects that physically and socially improve communities. DAMA mural projects focus on under-resourced urban and rural communities throughout the City of Madison and Dane County. Join us as we continue to impact more Dane County citizens!