Born in Los Angeles, our journey begins in the basement of a library.

On a Thursday in January, the outside world was unusually cold and wet.

Though slightly demoralizing, we didn’t let a little rain stop us from what we were all really there for, connection.

As the basement began to echo with murmurs and giggles, the library door now served as a portal— those who enter knowing that this is the place.

Spaces like these need to exist every where, all the time, for everyone.

It was then I knew that spaces like these need to exist everywhere, all the time, for everyone.

At art’s heart is

There, in the basement of a library on one usually rainy day in LA, we began to built our community.

At the center of ART+MIND’s heart, is community and the journey in search for it.

from the front door rings

suddenly brought back to life by the murmurs and giggles . removes the veil we put up during our day to day interactions.

all in the hopes that we might each find a new friend in a place that is s