One year ago today, Collective Arts & Learning Network obtained its 501c3 nonprofit status!!! Our Board of Directors and Leadership Teams are so grateful for your contributions, encouragement, and program participation during our first year. In the current climate of…
Thanks to your generous donations to our Tally Tripp Community Workshop Fund during our May campaign, Collective Arts & Learning Network conducted a follow-up workshop this August for a 2024 training in Kisumu, Kenya. Led by members from our East…
Grace Atieno Owino is a longstanding member of the TAPTA leadership team in East Africa and has been part of CAALN’s story long before the organization was launched. Grace first met our founder, Linda Stolz, in 2009, when she was…
Music & Munch, an annual fundraiser to benefit the Therapeutic Arts Paraprofessional Training in Africa (TAPTA), took place on June 27, 2026 at Casper Brewing Company in Bloomington, Illinois. This was the 17th time this event was held. It featured…
“No matter how many oceans apart, you will always be in my heart.”
–Contributor to gratitude book for the Wadus
The workshop brought together a group of 15 participants working in diverse communities across the country – including social workers, counsellors, dancers, visual artists and storytellers. Many of the participants work with, or have lived experience of, being refugees to Uganda.
“It created a safe space for us to work rather than only teaching us.”
–2026 TAPTA Participant
Telling Tomorrow’s Stories through Art”, the project Swizen received the CAALN grant for, addresses chronic stress in Kyangwali youth, who struggle to imagine positive futures.