Hermana Art Show and Workshop

Transform Arts Bay Area and Reintegra are proud to announce the “Hermana” Anti-Trafficking Art Show and Workshop for Fall 2025. Reintegra is an anti-trafficking organization on the ground in Mexico City and in the United States that works to support survivors as they rebuild and reintegrate into society. The Reintegra family has helped survivors gain stable living accommodations, earn collegiate degrees, and ultimately provide financial, emotional, and psychological resources to facilitate restoration and healing. Transform Arts has been honored to partner with Reintegra for a number of years. Transform is a faith-based nonprofit composed of artists that wrestle with questions of faith, art, and culture. They provide space via artistic residencies for artists to train and expand in their mediums, serve their designated cities, grow their leadership skill sets, and take a deeper dive into faith. (To find out more, click: Reintegra or Transform Arts )

The Hermana Anti-Trafficking Art Show and Workshop are an opportunity for artists to explore the importance of advocacy through learning the fundamentals of Art informed trauma care. The Transform and Reintegra teams believe that art can change the world, and they seek to train and equip artists to serve their communities with their talents.

WORKSHOP: Applicant does not need to be a Bay Area resident but must be responsible for the presentation of the work. The Hermana workshop consists of 4 once-a-week, in-person meetings with Alyssa Rodriguez (Transform Arts) on

1.Art & Trauma Informed Care

2. Art & Advocacy,

3. Art & Awareness

4. Art & Policy

Participating artists will receive the testimony of a young woman in residence with Reintegra as their inspiration and source materials for their final pieces to be displayed November 7th-16th. Each artist may have a chance to collaborate directly with the Reintegra participant. Creation time begins after the first class and receiving your source material. After the classes have concluded, Artists will set up a check-in meeting with Francesca Cipponeri (Transform Arts) to check on the progress of final pieces and offer support. 

SHOW: Workshop is mandatory to participate in the show. Artists will display/perform their final works at the in-person Hermana Art show at The Gathering Art Gallery in San Jose, CA at 7pm on November 7th, 2025. Artists will be assigned a load-in time slot. All artwork must be taken down at the conclusion of the show. No exceptions. Artists will have the opportunity to sell their art with a percentage of the profits being designated to Reintegra. Selling the art is optional. Artists will be asked to participate in a Q&A session during the show to speak on their work and answer audience questions. San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking will be present at the show to offer resources to anyone wanting to continue in human trafficking relief work. All art will be documented. The documentations of each artwork will be presented to each participating Reintegra resident. Please keep this in mind when creating final works. 

APPLICATION OPENS: July 10th 2025

APPLICATION CLOSES: August 10th 2025

ARTISTS SELECTED: August 15th 2025