Artist + Youth Workshops
Artist lead internships and workshops with youth teams to design and execute youth issue driven murals in public and private spaces. PLUS artist lead arts and mental health wellness workshops within schools, community and youth organizations.
Community Mural Project: Youth Voices on Mental Wellbeing
The Reid Gorecki Foundation partnered with a group of students from the Visual Arts and Design Academy (VADA) at Pasadena High School to plan, design, and paint a 16-foot-tall mural on a public-facing wall along Washington Boulevard under the guidance of artist and founder Alicia Gorecki.
Alicia, Reid's mom and CEO of the Reid Gorecki Foundation is an Artist and Teacher. This youth driven work was born out of her own grief journey and decades of working with young people in the arts.
The projects center on topics youth are facing in their day to day lives, within themselves and their communities. Providing space to express and process their feelings in a positive and impactful format.
Your tax Deductible Donation will help us support more community engagement and most importantly more young people.
Check out our most recent community project - completed June 2025
Community Mural Project: Youth Voices on Mental Wellbeing
The concept for the mural emerged from a youth mentor led conversation about the sources of personal mental wellbeing. While each student’s response was unique, a common thread quickly surfaced, connection, community, and self-expression. For some, that expression took the form of visual art; for others, it was music, time in nature, or collaborative efforts like this project.
The final design reflects this diversity of thought and experience—a patchwork mural inspired by the tradition of community quilting, as well as Reid Gorecki’s own patchwork clothing designs. Every patch carries a unique voice, woven together through color, design, and thread. Though some stitches seem tender or worn, together they form a resilient whole. It speaks to strength in unity, shared expression and community support.
This project celebrates youth expression and public art, amplifying an ongoing dialogue around mental health and resilience.
Congratulations to our young artists:
Azucena Paez, Camilla Mathews, Jessica Lewis, Lia Mejia, Madds Fluckey, Natalie Nickerson, Scarlett Glick, Serene Licea-Nunez
Your tax Deductible Donation will help us support more community engagement and most importantly more young people.
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