ART TO EMPOWER
PEOPLE | PLANET | LEGACIES​
Our mission is to build a network of cultural oases by equipping artists with the tools to create socially-minded, community-uniting art in public.
We envision a revitalized world where artists are empowered to guide humaity to establish a more just society, rebuild a healthy planet, and reclaim their cultural legacies.
What We Do
Advance Justice Through Community Arts Programming
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Curate and Manage Permanent and Temporary Art in Public Space
Provide Professional Development for Emerging Creatives
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Youth Arts Education
Our Services
Public Art programs
Artist & Community Liaising
Art Installation & Exhibition
Curatorial Consulting & Acquisitions
Artist RFQ Selection Processes
Project Documentation ​
Creative Marketing
Our Team
Co Founder, Director
Erin Stone
An artist, curator, and creative marketing specialist born and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, Erin is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of 11:11 Projects, a mission-driven organization dedicated to empowering communities through advocacy, public art production, and justice-centered arts & culture programming.
Erin started her career teaching high-school, working with at-risk teens in special education. Erin received a degree in photography and visual communications and completed the Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategy at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice. She has been recognized locally and nationally for her photographic work and has over 20 years of experience in grassroots activism, event production, art curation, youth mentorship, and community development through the arts.
With a passion for culture, representation, and story-telling, Erin's curatorial work has been published in The New Yorker, Artillery Magazine, Hyperallergic, LA Times and featured on Spectrum News and NPR. Erin has received numerous civic awards of recognition for her work with 11:11 Projects and was named an Impact-Maker to Watch by City Impact Labs. She proudly sits on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival, which is dedicated to representing and celebrating the diversity within the independent film community. Erin is a dedicated mentor through Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America, mental health advocate, plant enthusiast, and along with her pit bull mix, Ash, an avid wanderer and traveler.
Youth Art Instructor
Miles Lewis
Miles Lewis (he/him) is a steady-working goofball with a wry affect and a strong sense of civic duty and the value of mentorship. In addition to directing the Valley Art Workshop in Tarzana, CA, he is a public artist, freelance illustrator, event portraitist, and fine art painter. He grew up in a family of entertainers in LA's San Fernando Valley with 4 great passions: Art, education, critical/creative thinking, and environmental stewardship.These loves have woven themselves into a few different forms over the years. In 2017, Miles became a zero waste educator and general environmental advocate, working weekends as a portrait artist. Miles is the lead art educator with 11:11 Projects, collaborator of Art + Advocacy Youth Mural Project, and the lead instructor for the Youth World-Building Workshop.