About us

A CAUSE FOR THE CULTURE

We believe urban creatives have a unique calling to share God’s hope and purpose in their own cities. Urban Arts Outreach is a diverse fellowship of Christian artists who mentor in hip-hop culture (break dancing, graffiti art, spoken word poetry, and DJing). We are committed to developing safe creative spaces to practice and keep the culture alive.

Do not neglect the gift you have ... Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. – Apostle Paul, 1 Timothy 4:12-16

Our values

BE REAL. 

We are honest to who we are since we are all just people trying to do better. 

BE THERE. 

We come together the context of the city we love to practice. ("it ain't where you're from, it's where you're at")

BE OPEN. 

We don't hold tight to any method, but the purpose.

It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. – Apostle Paul, Romans 15:20

Our mission

is to bridge cultural relevance (art) and service (purpose) by helping connect the community to safe creative practice spaces (what we often call "sessions"). These spaces are where creatives meet faith-driven communities that serve local needs. By doing this we empower one another to help provide hope and change in our cities.*

Sessions provide grounds for 3 needs:

Our pilot session began in 2007 in Downtown Santa Ana, the heart of Orange County California, where we've been facilitating hip-hop break dancing, graff arts, emceeing, deejaying, and other creative arts. The local youth call Santa Ana "Saint City," so we named our session Saint City Session because it exists by us and for us. This session serves as an open platform where people of different backgrounds can equally dialog with one another through art.

*We have DJs, Graffiti Artists, Poets, and Breakdancers in the following locations around Orange County: Santa Ana, Long Beach, Irvine, Lake Forest, Anaheim, Inglewood, Los Angeles, Garden Grove, Costa Mesa

Our team has members a part of Newsong Church, Saddleback, Mariners, Blessed International, Cottonwood, and more.