The Art Rising is the creative alchemy of Angeline Chen and Kyle Block.
Uniting art and activism, they are dedicated to building bridges across cultures, exploring consciousness and harnessing Earth's wisdom and the power of art for positive social and environmental change. From brushstrokes on canvas to hand-carved wood, sculptures on mountains to the depths of the sea, our work traverses many realms.
Portfolio
Our Activism
we build large-scale sculptures deployed into the ocean to catalyze restoration. Our pilot project atabey, is in the dominican republic. since her deployment The area has been marine protected by magua foundation, and we have built a land-based coral farm and launched a mangrove restoration initiative.
Atabey
we have planted 790,000 mangroves across dominican republic and haiti, restoring watersheds and empowering women, fishermen and youth. we plant a mangrove for $1.
Plant a mangrove here!
Mangrove Restoration
30 Reefs Initiativewe are on a mission to scale our project to 30 reefs across the world, collaborating with local ngos and international partners to accelerate the regeneration of marine life.
We host workshops and healing immersions to share the medicine and wisdom from the amazon. In reciprocity, we are supporting a regenerative food security project for 6 villages of the kuni kuin creating sovereignty for a community of 640 indigenous people.
Food Security for the Huni KuinA 300 person intimate gathering, hosted for two years (2023-2024) that merged art, music, wellness, indigenous wisdom, and impact. we raised $1.2 million over 2 years towards indigenous and environmental organizations.
A Transformational Gathering
Global Coralition
deployed in koh tao, thailand - mazu was our first pilot artificial reef sculpture. gifted to the local community, they have planted 5000 corals around her and turned it into a 200 square meter restoration site.
Mazu