Bula Arts and Culture, is an inclusive and multidisciplinary educational and artistic institution and cultural and community space with a home in Queens, New York.

We promote happiness and good health in a safe, motivating and inspiring environment. Our values of love, justice, environmental awareness and equality, celebrate diversity and joy through art, education, activism, culture, entertainment and healthy habits. We strengthen our community by providing services that enrich and empower minds and souls from early childhood to our complex adultness in search of a fair and kind living for all.

You can learn even more about all the inspirations for this campaign and the paths that lead to Bula below, but if you want to stop here and make your contribution you can click the DONATE button on the upper right of this page, scan this QR code or send it via Zelle at: bulaartsandculture@gmail.com

Why Bula? Why art? Why community?…

“Bula” means happiness and good health in the Fiji Islands, where I was born. It also aligns closely with the concept of Buen Vivir—a conscious, collective pursuit of harmony between people, society, and nature. This worldview is shared across many communities throughout Abya Yala, known today as Latin America, including Guatemala, where I grew up after traveling through 26 countries with my family due to different life circumstances.

This journey is essential to Bula’s mission and vision. Multiculturalism, migration, and rootedness in diverse cultural practices are at the heart of our work. It’s no coincidence that Bula found its first home in New York City—specifically in Queens—where diversity isn’t simply a value, but something lived organically every day.

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✨ Giving Tuesday — Celebrating 8 Years of Bula ✨

Since 2017, Bula has been more than a small business—it has been a home. A space where art, childhood, culture, migration, community, and resilience come together. We’ve grown through love, trust, and the support of families, artists, organizers, activists, and neighbors who believe in dignity, creativity, and collective care.

This Giving Tuesday, we are raising $8,000 to sustain Bula and keep our programs accessible, joyful, and community-centered here in Queens.

♾️The Power of 8

Across many cultures, the number 8 symbolizes renewal, abundance, balance, infinite cycles, and the return of energy to its source. As we celebrate 8 years, we invite contributions in multiples of 8 or 18—numbers tied to protection, justice, and prosperity across traditions.

🌀 Our logo—its butterfly, koru, twists, ocean, hook, dolphin, octopus, and guiding bird—carries the same meanings: transformation, ancestry, friendship, creativity, resilience, and the courage to begin again.

Your support today helps us:

Sustain Bula’s daily operations
Prepare for our phase II at Project for Living Artists and invite more collaborators.
Make proposals for community arts exchange across neighborhoods, boroughs and countries.
Keep programs safe and accessible to all families and communities.
Strengthen networks with similar organizations, small businesses and allies.
Continue creating spaces for joy, art, activism, diversity, healing, love and organizing.

If Bula has touched your life, or if you believe in art, community, multicultural education, and collective well-being, we kindly invite your support.

💛 Thank you for supporting via Givebutter or Zelle:bulaartsandculture@gmail.com

And thank you for walking with us, and for believing that community care is how we build a better world.

This Giving Tuesday, we also encourage you to support other small businesses, grassroots organizations, and cultural workers who strengthen our neighborhoods every day.

Bula.

Bula Arts & Culture 8th Anniversary

By Bula Arts & Culture

Bula Arts & Culture 8th Anniversary

Past, present and future.

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