Founded in Boston in 2001 and established in New York in 2008, Artistic Noise is an arts and entrepreneurship program for juvenile justice involved youth. Our program provides participants with the opportunity to use the visual arts to process and document their experiences, while also developing valuable life and job skills. Artistic Noise works with young people while they are in detention facilities and when they return home; this approach offers continuity and stability for youth grappling with the effects of trauma and personal upheaval. Our participants create original artwork that explores issues such as self-identity, hope, incarceration, and dreams, as well as curate and market their artwork for exhibition and sale.