Fresno arts collective rallies behind Tower District business damaged by fire

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A multi-media arts corporate successful Central Fresno is taking enactment to enactment its neighbors pursuing a destructive fire.

When you locomotion into Dulce UpFront connected Van Ness and Cambridge Avenues, you'll announcement the stage, art, and civilization that invited everyone successful the community.

"We are creatives, we are artists ourselves, and we attraction astir community, and the travel has been a beauteous journey," said Ome Lopez, the laminitis of Dulce UpFront.

Lopez and Tony Carranza founded the non-profit 11 years agone and moved into this gathering successful April, helping them service successful a larger capacity.

"Whatever lawsuit you are trying to do, a fundraiser, yoga class, publication night. Everything that comes into this space, radical consciousness it and consciousness welcomed," said Carranza.

"It's a abstraction wherever radical travel unneurotic and link with each different and it's truthful important to person 3rd spaces," added Lopez.

Lopez says their relationships with different originative spaces tally deep.

On Monday, a occurrence impacted 3 businesses astatine the Tower District, including The Labyrinth Art Collective, causing them to adjacent their doors indefinitely.

Co-founder Alicia Rodriguez says Lopez showed up with unfastened arms.

"I was virtually lasting successful h2o successful the backmost wondering what was going to hap erstwhile Ome walked done the doorway and they graciously offered to instrumentality folks who needed contiguous replacement," said Rodriguez.

Now, immoderate projects and activities scheduled astatine The Labyrinth Art Collective volition beryllium happening astatine Dulce UpFront.

A helping hand, Lopez says, is important for everyone involved.

"It's what we bash for each different truthful it's a large feeling and each of these different originative groups are providing support," Lopez explained.

A feeling of enactment and collaboration they each anticipation continues successful the Central Valley.

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