Creating Connection Through Community Art in Dallas

Co-creating with the next generation of makers

Art is more than expression — it’s connection.

Cardoza creates participatory art experiences that bring people together across cultures, neighborhoods, and generations. Based in Dallas, we transform everyday spaces into opportunities for collaboration, joy, and creative empowerment.

WHERE WE’VE BEEN

Hand-painted shoe from a community art collaboration with Knowledge & Essential Youth Services (2023)


Current Projects

Explore community-centered art initiatives that inspire connection and creativity across Dallas. From youth residencies to pop-up workshops, each project invites participants to co-create, reflect, and reimagine their environment through art.

Current Projects

Meet Cardoza

Cardoza is a Dallas-based artist and educator using participatory art to bring people together. Learn more about the story, values, and vision behind the work — and how art becomes a tool for dialogue, healing, and joy.

Who is Cardoza?

Get Involved

Whether you’re a neighbor, educator, or organization, there’s a place for you in this movement. Discover how you can collaborate, volunteer, or bring a project to your community — and help turn creative ideas into collective action.

How can I help?

 

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Residency

A hands-on art program that turns everyday waste into creative treasure. This residency teaches youth how to repurpose materials like old clothes and shoes into powerful works of art — blending sustainability, self-expression, and community pride.

 

Transformation begins with what we reclaim — in materials, in stories, in each other.

— Cardoza