Art as a Path to Social Change

In this episode we interview Nicole Brandt Minyard, Founder and Executive Director at Daybreak Arts. Daybreak Arts’s mission is a social enterprise nonprofit that creates artistic and economic opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity by providing them access to the creative resources needed to achieve personal fulfillment and success.

Our Artist Collective Program equips people impacted by homelessness with the artistic resources, training, and marketplace to gain financial independence and overcome barriers to employment by leveraging their creative talent to earn meaningful and legal income. Daybreak artists earn 70% commission on original artwork sales and 25% on reproductions (merchandise) with their designs. Daybreak artists also earn income through teaching artist stipends and intellectual property licenses. Daybreak Arts reinvests its portion of earned income back into the organization to continue to provide the space and resources at no-cost to our artists, establishing a sustainable social enterprise model.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

• Donate: https://daybreakarts.org/donate
• Phone: +1 (615) 669-2236
• Email: creative@daybreakarts.org
• Website: https://daybreakarts.org
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daybreakarts
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daybreakarts/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5228591/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwbel4zAkW2r7IOAWgACIsA