Fragile and strong,

like a little paper boat ...
sailing in search of something better,
because we all have something good to give
because art is life and life is art
because Arts matter

Art Pot (Olla de Arte) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is expanding, and finally have a permanent home (Multicultural Center) which will not only serve as the home but will also be the office/headquarters for Hispanic Community Services, without restriction to serve all communities.

The Multicultural Center will provide a unique and meaningful arts programming for all children and adults, to educate children and parents through the arts, and to build a lifelong audience for the arts. We plan to offer a dynamic and constantly-evolving program. Although we will incorporate all of the fine arts into our programs, our focus is on theater. Most activities will be open and enjoyed with a free charge. The Center will be staffed by artists and community members, and all structured activities will be led by master artist, teachers, counselors and volunteers. Art Pot educates through Art in a search for a better community coexistence for all where different groups of race, nationality and language are integrated through art and its diverse manifestations.

The growing intolerance of foreign-born communities creates vulnerable groups of individuals often living in the shadows, misunderstood, and/or subject to discrimination and violence. Up till now, the immigrant community has by in large, stuck to congregating within their own communities and have not created cross-cultural partnerships that will mutually benefit and empower the immigrant community as a whole.

Immigrants Latinos account for large and growing shares of the economy and population in the state of South Carolina. Latinos entrepreneurs and consumers add billions of dollars and tens of jobs to South Carolina’s economy and are integral to South Carolina’s economy as workers and taxpayers. Latinos will continue to drive the growth of the labor force, as they will account for 60 percent of the Nation’s population growth between 2005 and 2050. Many hispanics and/or hispanic descendants, are citizens, who also have the votes for our local leaders and the president of the nation. We need to develop our potencial, we need raise and resolve concerns, we need to create a positive impact in South Carolina, we need to show who we are. We are looking for a space where we can work on the hispanic community integration.

Art Pot Center would be the first Hispanic Multicultural Center in South Carolina.

Creativity is linked to all areas of human activity. Educating creativity is to educate for change and train people rich in originality, flexibility, future vision, initiative, confidence, lovers of risks and ready to face the obstacles and problems they are presented in their school life and everyday, as well to offer tools for innovation.
"Imagination is the source of all human achievement. Through creativity and talent we make diversity possible. Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves” Ken Robinson

La creatividad está ligada a todas las áreas de la actividad humana. Educar en la creatividad es educar para el cambio y formar a las personas ricas en originalidad, flexibilidad, visión futura, iniciativa, confianza, amantes de los riesgos y listos para enfrentar los obstáculos y problemas que se presentan en su vida escolar y cotidiana, además de ofrecer herramientas para innovación.
"La imaginación es la fuente de todo logro humano. A través de la creatividad y el talento hacemos posible la diversidad. La imaginación es la fuente de todas las formas de realización humana. Y creo que es la única cosa que estamos poniendo en peligro sistemáticamente en la forma en que educamos a nuestros hijos y a nosotros mismos” Ken Robinson

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT:

GRACIAS POR SU APOYO:

BILL WILEY - A 2 Z RENOVATIONS LLC

ROBERT V. GERBER - ARCHITECT

STEINBERG LAW FIRM

MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

ARMANDO NAVARRO - NAVARRO´S WALL COVERING AND PAINT LLC

BUILDERS FIRST SOURCE

LANDSCAPE DESIGN COMPANY - THE GREENERY INC

WARRICK GROUP LLC

CARPET BAGGERS INC

DEWEY A. MIXSON - HEAT&AIR

84 LUMBER

HOPE MINISTRIES INC

NEW COVENANT CHURCH OF GOD

RICK HENDRICKS HONDA

COASTAL DRYWAL

HERBIES TOWING

BRUZA CONSTRUCTION

MEJIA DRYWALL COMPANY

RYP PRODUCTIONS

LATIN GROOVE - DJ LUIGI

GINO NORALES - PROFESSIONAL SOUND SERVICES​

MAGIC EVENTS - CREATIVE DECORATIONS

LA JAROCHA

TITANIC EVENT CENTER

THE LAW OFFICE OF NINA P. CANO

TIENDA LA MEXICANA

TIENDA LA MEXICANA 3

SPECTRUM - PAINT OF CHARLESTON

SMILEOLOGY - DR TRACY PAGE

HILTONS MORTUARY INC

UNIVERSAL LATIN NEWS - MARCELA RABENS

LA ESMERALDA - GROCERY STORE

LAW OFFICE OF TAYLOR&TAYLOR

T MARK - RICARDO LOAIZA

SUSAN DUPLESSIS - SC ARTS COMMISSION

ACCESSABILITY - A BRIDGE TO INDEPENDENCE

MRS KAY HAUN

MR ROD DUELL

MRS TERESE SHELTON

MRS EVELYN LUGO - SC HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

NC COUNCIL WOMAN - RHONDA JEROME

MRS GLORIMAR BLANCO

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

CITY OF CHARLESTON

CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON

CITY OF HANAHAN

CÍRCULO HISPANOAMERICANO DE CHARLESTON: Ron y Celina Anthony, Eyda Arroyave, Lupe Barragán Moser, Nancy Betancourt, Ángel y Lucy Cordero, María Asunción Córdova, Gladys Espinoza, Dana S. Fields , Debra J. Gammons, Don y Mary Gibson, Hispanic Business Association, Law Office of Dana Fields, Law Office of Taylor & Taylor, Light House Immigration Legal Services, Marina Laura López, Marta McCray, Lee McElveen, Jaybrian Multi Services, Nauck & Kerr Law Firm, Maricela Villalobos, Anil Rao, Marisol Ríos, Wanda Tiffert , Nina Richards, Guido V. y Paula Tejeda.

VOLUNTEERS:

Felipe Vazquez,  Pericles González,  Teresa Castro, Josefa Hernández,  Nancy González,  Rina Barrios, Deilyn Marquez, Jesús Rivera,  Teresa Hernández, Platón González, Alex Rivera,  Guadalupe Morales, Benjamin Chavarría, Elda, Linda Cano, José Manuel Mota, Marcela Avalos, César Palomar, Jose Luis Hernández, Jesús Rivera A, Rosalía Rodríguez, Brenda Marquez, Cinthya Lacayo, Lenny Lacayo, Luis Lacayo, JC Argueta Celestino Mora, Lesbia Castellanos, Vicky, Paty Gutierrez, Antonio Urbina,  Rolando Aleman,  Jonathan Hernandez, Lucio Vázquez, Felix Gutiérrez, Victoria Díaz Ortega, Moisés Vargas,  Israel Lunas, Karen Chavarría y Elda Chavarría.

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José Martí

art pot MULTICULTURAL GROUP

Art Pot is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization;

all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Organización sin fines de lucro

Thanks to FMA Free Music Archive for providing an interactive music library of high-quality, benefiting organizations and individuals in the educational and charitable area.

If we want to work for children

we must also work with the whole family

Frágiles y fuertes, como un barquito de papel...
navegando en la búsqueda de algo mejor,
porque todos tenemos algo bueno que dar
porque el arte es vida
y la vida es arte...
porque el arte importa

​We work for kids,

because they are the ones who know how to love, 
because they are the hope for this world.​

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