Welcome to our Im:arte tumblr

Im: Arte is a collective of a diverse group of artists seeking to take immigration advocacy to a different front in which its members visually, re-imagine their voices and stories.

Art has always played a key role in social movements, which has visually illustrated movement’s goals and visions, and played a major role in solidarity with community through visual communication. Social realism art depicts on social tribulations within our society, and can ultimately play a huge role in the transformation toward social change as we work towards a utopian society.

Furthermore, Im:Arte is committed to educate, and create social awareness through visual communication that can serve as a form of social change.

Im:Arte is committed to create artwork the moves forward the agenda of immigrant rights movement in the United States and Beyond.

The name, Im: Arte, was organically chosen after a lengthy discussion of its founders’ values, interests, and passions. They realized that they embrace diversity; that their art comes from their inner soul and it externalized for the people, who they love and are their source of inspiration. Im: Arte is a versatile name that can also be read as I’m Arte and ImARTe; it incorporates English and Spanish; and it incorporated part of the word “amarte” meaning to love