Catalyst Studios uses diverse media and art forms (videos, photographs, brochures, Web sites and other expressions) to educate and awaken people to realities outside of their own experiences; to increase understanding and action; to help create a more empathetic and just world.
Catalyst Values
Multiplication • Compassion • Creativity • Collaboration
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| By definition, a catalyst is a substance that initiates or accelerates a reaction. Catalyst accelerates positive change in the world by creating awareness. Awareness leads to many hands making a difference, a multiplication of resources, interventions and compassion reaching people and places in need. |
The core of Catalyst’s mission is compassion. The Studio creates awareness campaigns based on personal encounters with individuals and situations. Catalyst projects focus on presenting a real picture of people and their stories. Through the creative arts we translate, not only the needs, but the necessity of compassionate interventions. |
| The Studio emphasizes innovative expressions and approaches to communicating through words and images. Using videos, photography, printed materials, Web sites and other media, Catalyst strives to impact, inform and inspire. We believe that the artistic voice, advocating for others, can break through the noise of numbers, statistics and sensationalized news stories; that a cry rising from our own rage and compassion can provoke thoughtful and committed responses. |
| Catalyst values both the process and product of creative expression. The studio seeks to provide a place and resources for artists to collaborate for the sake of the oppressed and overlooked. By bringing together diverse talents and perspectives in a productive studio space, Catalyst can create comprehensive and cutting-edge, multi-media projects to help link available resources with those who need them. |
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