Atlas Cultural Foundation

In partnership with the Atlas Cultural Foundation, I work to dismantle the geographic and educational barriers facing Morocco’s remote mountain communities. I believe in hands-on support: bringing art education to the local school, learning traditional masonry to build community center walls, planting crops for local agriculture, and studying the topography through my own plein air paintings.

The Atlas Cultural Foundation works in Morocco’s remote mountain and desert regions where there is a high concentration of vulnerable, marginalized and disadvantaged people. These regions are challenged by geographic, economic, educational, and traditional barriers.

 

  • Executed structural development in the Atlas Mountains. Collaborated with regional masonry teams to construct load-bearing infrastructure, utilizing locally sourced split-stone and mastering traditional mortar pointing techniques to ensure the environmental resilience of the build.

  • Facilitated foundational art workshops for local youth, utilizing translators to bridge linguistic barriers. I am currently working to deploy a visual arts program for the community of Zawiya Ahansal.

  • I worked together with local farmers to plant regional crops in the High Atlas Mountains. Navigated and maintained traditional gravity-fed irrigation channels to ensure sustainable water distribution, observing indigenous methods of resource management.

  • Painted a series of plein air studies across four distinct Moroccan topographies. Quick 1-2 hour watercolor paintings to analyze regional geologic formations and atmospheric light, which will be used as studies for future studio paintings.

Check back soon with updates and some of my favorite photos & videos!

I am currently developing a full art program for the community. More coming soon…

More about the Atlas Cultural Foundation

Institutional Context & References:

  1. Traditional Masonry & Infrastructure: ACF Rural Heritage Conservation

  2. Arts Integration: ACF Community Education & Youth Development

  3. High-Altitude Agriculture: ACF Food Security & Climate Mitigation