DRAGONFLY GALLERY AND CREATIVE SPACES MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SPACE THAT INSPIRES, PROVIDES RESOURCES, AND OFFERS OPPORTUNITY.

​Our Vision

​DragonFLY Gallery and Creative Spaces can be a catalyst for change. By providing youth, community members and minorities with rich art-experiences, hands-on workshops/classes, skilled-based seminars/workshops, our community will thrive again and be a cultural hub. We are also committed to providing affordable studio spaces with amenities to our young and aspiring minority innovators and artists.

​Core Values

​Community: In order for systemic change, we believe we must work as a community for communities to address challenges and issues of under-resourced under-invested communities. 

Success: We believe everyone has the capacity to succeed

Creative: At DragonFLY we inspire creativity by challenging assumptions, trying something new, pushing the boundaries, embracing unknown  

Innovation: Putting new ideas into practice, encouraging experimentation and transformation of ideas

Empathy + Civic Minded: Understanding an individual’s needs is essential, and we believe it empowers people to be agents of positive change. 

​IT ALL STARTED WHEN…
DragonFLY was founded with a deep commitment to serve under-resourced and under-invested communities. Both the founder and lead teaching artist have taught in public schools on the South Side of Chicago for the last 15 years. We have witnessed first hand the lack of quality resources and opportunities for our low-income minority students. Our commitment and passion not only come from being Latino and African American, but also from a fundamental belief that education is essential to break the cycle of poverty and give young people opportunities to identify their unique talents. Every young person by nature is a unique individual with innate talents. By developing the whole child, not just their academic abilities but also their emotional intelligence, interpersonal and professional skills, can they be successful in post-secondary education and/or career choices.

DragonFLY Gallery and Creative Spaces is generously supported by: