Iconoclast Artists
Iconoclast Artists
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About this organization
Mission
Iconoclast Artists is an inner city creative writing and social and emotional learning program for Houston's most vulnerable school population. Our mission is to engage students who live in the most vulnerable contexts in the creative process to shape a society of creative, resilient, empowered, and collaborative individuals.
About
There are six components to the Iconoclast Program: 1) Creative writing sites involving 12 Houston ("HISD") and Spring Branch Independent School District High Schools("SBISD"), 2 SBISD middle schools, 5 Galveston Independent School District schools("GISD"), and 4 juvenile justice facilities (one of the units is with adolescent girls who have experienced sex-trafficking), and 1 Houston Independent School District elementary school. The Iconoclast Writing Program takes place both during the school day in partnership with the HISD, SBISD, GISD, and after school at St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Typically, during a weekly course, the program nurtures the social and emotional resilience, artistic and educational imagination of participants using original writing exercises and closing readings of both classic and contemporary writers and poets; 2) Performance sessions that pair an academic poet with an urban poet. In addition to introducing our students to a wide variety of literary expressions, Iconoclast Sessions create a context where communities that would not otherwise meet begin to build improbable friendships. This is a core dynamic of our vision and activity; 3) Our curricula are innovative guides and writing exercises that are utilized in each site: one developed for Houston ISD, Spring Branch ISD, and GISD schools and the other created for community centers. Iconoclast School Curriculum: HISD, SBISD, and GISD meets requirements for public school testing preparation and other lesson-planning checklists and is TEKS approved. The Iconoclast Community Curriculum is designed to be immediately accessible to students and mentors and is used in both independent study and community based programs; 4) An anthology of poetry produced by our student writers, "They Say Volume 1" was published in 2016. Volumes 2 and 3 were celebrated and released in 2017 and 2018 with proceeds going towards a scholarship fund for Iconoclast students; 5) Our Social and Emotional Learning specialists work with teachers, administrators, adult mentors, student mentors, and student participants in various specialized support and instruction groups to facilitate social emotional awareness, promote resilience through positive relationships, greater self-regulation, and initiative within all the above mentioned groups; 6) Our mentoring program emerges from evidence based research on resilience and our curriculum is constructed around the dynamics of positive attachment relationships, self-regulation, and initiative. Research suggest that the earlier a child experiences both the relational and regulatory aspects, the more initiative towards positive actions they take. This program is structured to support the mentor, student, and the family network. Using an integrated framework of human development, personality, learning theory, neuroscience, systems and network theory, this aspect of our program supports the relational, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dynamics of our students. Presently we are serving 2,200 students weekly in Houston ISD, Spring Branch ISD, and Galveston ISD schools with an outreach program that reaches over 3,000 students each year. Program expenses include the program director for direct community contact, production of Student Anthology, Executive Director (part time) and contract Teachers (part time).
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as described in the filing, is “Our mission is to engage students who live in the most vulnerable contexts in the creative process to shape a society of creative, resilient, empowered, and collaborative individuals. we are committed to creating learning environments of equitable access that will provide both economic and social stability for our participants. we do this by educationally engaging with a young immigrant, african-american and juvenile incarcerated with the intent of supporting and creating educational, artistic, and developmental resources in underserved population.”.
When describing its duties, they were characterized as: “Iconoclast artists is an inner city creative writing and social and emotional learning program for houston's most vulnerable school population. our mission is to engage students who live in the most vulnerable contexts in the creative process to shape a society of creative, resilient, empowered, and collaborative individuals.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal regulations by reporting their state of operation as TX.
- The filing shows that the non-profit's address as of 2020 is 5501 MAIN ST, HOUSTON, TX, 77004.
- As of 2020, the non-profit has reported a total of 0 employees on their form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are less than $100,000.
- Revenue is between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $73,309.
- The organization has 20 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2016.
- The organization pays $0 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $3,903 in fundraising expenses.