The program is looking for eight artists who will collectively design, plan, and paint murals in Guam. The public murals will reflect the island’s journey toward achieving sustainability by 2030 as guided by the Guam Green Growth Action Framework and the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Joseph Certeza, an outreach coordinator, said the Guam Green Growth Art Corps is groundbreaking for Guam and the region.

 “Our goal is to grow the capacity of our talents on island and, at the same time, to share experiences with other artists around the Pacific,” he said.

The eight selected artists will receive a stipend in return for participating in capacity-building activities and creating the mural in collaboration with the team. Arts Corps members can receive up to $4,000 for attendance of 14-Day sessions and the design and completion of one assigned mural between March 2023 and June 2023.

Seventeen murals will be painted in two years by two batches of Art Corps members.

The arts and culture are at the core of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to Director Austin Shelton of the UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant Program.

“It is important to mobilize community support and public engagement for the SDGs by disseminating the messages of these goals through a creative vehicle, such as music, the written word, or the visual arts,” he added.

The Art Corps project is made possible through funding administered by the U.S. Department of Education CARES Act utilizing Education Stabilization Funds (ESF). The UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Guam Green Growth received the funds as part of the Governor's Education Assistance and Youth Empowerment Grant Program.

For more information and to apply for the program: https://guamgreengrowth.org/g3artcorps