About & Donate!

Art of Solidarity (AoS) is a grassroots public arts storytelling group open to all to participate. We produce community-centered documentary films, workshops, exhibitions, festivals, and murals in partnerships with community leaders, non-profits, businesses, youth, residents and volunteers from start to finish. AoS was cofounded by Nicaraguan-American artist and educator, Maria Gabriela Aldana, and US-based filmmaker Aleks Martray in 2007. Thanks to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), AoS began as an immersive cultural-exchange and capacity-building study abroad program in Nicaragua! We've partnered with Casa de Cultura Leonel Rugama, Muralistas Leonel Rugama, Taller Marmol Oscar Enrique Casco in San Juan de Limay, VIMAU Producciones, rural schools, churches, and families to host us. AoS grew into an independent organization producing over a dozen films and mural public art projects in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Donate towards our upcoming community mural and Key Bridge stories coming in 2026! You help AoS 1) empower youth through hands-on creative opportunities and paid internships 2) create intentional spaces for cross-cultural collaboration across racial and cultural barriers 3) research and authentic storytelling and 4) celebrate love, life, queer liberation, and freedom of speech. We operate through local partnerships and our fiscal agent, Fractured Atlas. Donations may qualify for tax-exemption. All funds directly support youth apprenticeships, BIPOC artists, and public programs!