Trops "In Defense of Poesy" Paris 2023, feat. JonOne Live Painting Performance
About
Trops Foundation provides a platform that empowers contemporary arts in the city of New York and beyond. Our magazine features artworks, interviews, poetry and photography from emerging artists and contextualizes them through curatorial reflections of art history.
It is our mission to support cultural activation and curate community programming in ways that enable creativity, cultural engagement, and sustainable support for diverse artists.
The Trops Foundation is a non-profit organization with 501c3 status. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Trops Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
The Trops supports cultural education and grassroots collaboration. Our philosophy is to empower individuals and connect creatives by developing our platform and engaging all neighborhoods into an ecosystem fueled with cultural energy, body and soul.
It is important to have community infrastructure that empowers the arts to present itself independently in the physical world.
Trops Emerging Movement September 2024, featuring work by Raina Hamner
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JonOne live painting at The Trops: In Defense of Poesy, Paris 2023
The Trops: On Message Off Grid, NYC 2022
Trops foundation
Mission: Cultural Empowerment
We believe in supporting the Arts as a platform to discover, nurture, and advocate for contemporary artists of traditional and innovative Culture.
The Trops is a cultural platform that facilitates patronage of the arts, supporting community access to the arts, uplifting local cross-genre artists and enabling cultural activists to access resources that engage human-centric community spirit.
How It Works
We believe in supporting the Arts as a platform to discover, support, and advocate for contemporary artists.
Inspiring artistic awareness and appreciation
Fostering cultural
and community development
Empowering local
arts education and collaboration
Culture
Sharing Diverse Voices
Our philosophy is to uplift visionary individuals and connect creatives by engaging communities driven by their own cultural energy, to preserve, highlight and engage the human spirit.
Embracing Cultural Identities
It is important to have community infrastructure that empowers the arts to present itself independently in the physical world. The Trops, or “art drops,” fertilizes community culture with public programming.
Our Goals
The Trops is dedicated to the exploration event and experience of the art avant-garde and the new generation of the bohemian community that furthers it.
It is important to have community infrastructure that empowers the arts to present itself independently in the physical world. The Trops, or “art drops,” fertilizes community growth with the arts.
Our philosophy is to uplift visionary individuals and connect creatives by engaging communities driven by their own cultural energy, to preserve, highlight and engage the human spirit.
Based in New York City, the Trops has presented cross-genre curated performances, gallery exhibitions, publications, cinema circles, and more since 2021 while nurturing diverse cultural communities and traditions.
Melvin "Gravé" Guzman Performance Art, Sept 2024
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Trops Publishing
Trops Magazine is an homage to the Bohemian cultural community. This cross-genre arts magazine presents a cross-section of cross-genre culture showcasing editorial writing, poetry, photography, paintings, interviews, and more.