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 The Alpha Workshops is a decorative painting and design company employing only people living with HIV/AIDS. Since its inception in 1997, the Workshops' mission has been:
- to draw on the powerful healing potential of useful work and creative self-expression
- to provide training and employment in flexible, compassionate workplace
- to compete in the marketplace successfully at the highest level of craftsmanship and artistry
- to provide a new model of economic development for people living with HIV/AIDS and other disabilities
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Members of the design community provide training in decorative painting, decoupage, silk screening, and weaving, give the artists an opportunity to expand their skills and areas of expertise. Alpha Workshops in turn provide design and painting services to interiour designers, decorators, graphic artists, and other professionals requiring skilled painters, printers, and weavers. Their work has been featured in I.D. magazine and the design section of the magazine of the New York Times.
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OWATERMARK ASSOCIATION OF ARTISANS
 Watermark is one of the oldest crafts cooperatives in the United States, founded in 1978 to provide work for women living in one of the most economically depressed areas of the nation. Trained in a diverse range of traditional American crafts, Watermark artisans have made quilts, carved wood, and painted in many techniques. Their work has been seen in Harrod's of London, Ralph Lauren Home, Disneyland shops, and Gump's catalogue. |
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