Estoyart will produce and distribute the results of creative collaborations from art workshops with notable Latino, Chicano and Indigenous artists who are U.S. citizens with Latin American migrants navigating a perilous time in immigration policy. We will document and preserve their stories through art. These stories, memorialized with recorded interviews, then presented through the visual arts, will document a seminal moment in our history and become a branded collection of art exhibited in different venues and multiple platforms.
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WHO WE ARE
We are an events driven organization producing one week artist-in-residence workshops with professional and celebrated Latino, Chicano and Indigenous artists, who are U.S. citizens, in collaboration with Latino migrants
Estoyart is registered with the State of Maine and has received exempt status from the federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3). All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Our EIN number: 93-3994467.
IRS NTEE Code : A23 Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
Organizations that promote artistic expressions within a particular ethnic community; work for the preservation and promotion of the traditions, values and lifestyles of different cultural groups; organize activities and events which promote cultural exchange locally or nationally; and encourage understanding and respect for different cultural heritages among the youthful members of the group as well as the mainstream population.
Nicholas Feeney, Director (Washington, DC)
• Director of Communications at USA for UNHCR (the National Partner for the UN refugee agency).
• Nic leads content and story production at USA for UNHCR, amplifying the voices of newly arrived refugees in the U.S., as well as crisis situations around the world.
• Nic has traveled many times to both sides of our southern border.
Dory Waxman, Director and Officer (Portland, Maine)
• Former Portland, Maine City Council member.
• Local activist at the center of numerous contentious issues from homelessness to access to equitable education and economic development.
• Founder of Common Threads, a nonprofit that taught industrial stitching skills to an immigrant community and facilitated their employment.
​Terry Tourville, Co-Founder and Officer (Portland, Maine)
• Former consultant providing strategic planning to corporate clients, government entities and citizens alike to reach consensus on public/private initiatives.
• Former on-camera host for HGTV’s Dream House series.
• Co-owner of Publik Pictures, LLC, a boutique film production company.
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Drs. Harriett and Ricardo Romo, Advisors (San Antonio, TX)
• Published authors in Sociology and Urban History respectively.
• One of the largest collectors and patrons of Chicano and Latino art in the U.S.
• Two Presidential Councils (Obama and Bush).
• The Romos have served in many academic roles, from inner-city schools to University President
• Currently Ricardo writes and Harriett edits “Latinos in America,” a weekly news feature about Latino art for La Prensa (San Antonio newspaper) and on Substack as well.
Luis Valderas & Kim Bishop, Advisors (San Antonio, TX)
• U.S. and internationally exhibited artists.
• Over sixty years of combined experience in the arts, public education and community engagement through their production company Bishop & Valderas, LLC.
• Kim is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing and Visual Culture at the University of Texas, San Antonio.
• Luis is on the board of The New York Foundation for the Arts/Immigrants Artist Program.
• Together they developed a K-12 Chicano Art Curriculum through the support of the U.S. Department of Education.
Alan Brewer, Advisor (Portland, Maine)
Nearly fifty years experience as a journalist, political press secretary and speech writer.​
• Reporting appeared in the Washington Post, New Times Magazine, Politicks Magazine and Elected Public Official Magazine.
• Served as Press Secretary for Senator William S. Cohen.
• Conceived and wrote fundraising packages cultivating donors for the ACLU, Amesty International, The Nature Conservancy and others.
• Currently hosts and produces a YouTube channel, Indications and Warnings, that is dedicated to on the ground coverage of Russia’s genocidal invasion of Ukraine.
Lindsay Aouled Ezzine, Advisor (Laval, Quebec)
• Traveled the globe as a freelance cultural journalist from Asia to Africa and Europe and beyond.
• Conversant in multiple languages.
• Currently she is the Senior Digital Content Strategist for Telus Health, a partner of TELUS International, managing web content, and SEO strategy for domestic and international audiences.
Alison Gorman MD, Advisor (Portland, Maine)
• Spent a year with Jesuit Volunteers Corps working at a free-standing community health center in Los Angeles.
• Worked in health clinics throughout the U.S, Kenya and Honduras.
• Currently a primary care doctor at Greater Portland Health, working with immigrant families and individuals.
• Spearheads Arts in Healthcare, a national alliance producing projects at Greater Portland Health.
Curious • Creative • Compassionate • Activist
Founding Team
​As a commercial, documentary and music video filmmaker over the past 50 plus years, I’ve been on a creative journey that has included work for Fortune 500 companies, regional and national advertising agencies, innovative nonprofits, political candidates, and even some Rock and Roll legends. But what inspired Estoyart? ​ The primary reason is my personal experience over five decades ago as an aspiring young filmmaker. I was privileged to attend high school at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and fortunate to take a one-semester course in filmmaking. Inspired by the encouragement of my Jesuit mentors, I won an award as a high school student in a primarily collegiate national film festival. I received a grant through PBS and was on my way. What would my personal and professional life have become without that semester of film studies at Jesuit Prep? Just one class ignited what would become my professional life. ​ More recently, I spent a fair amount of time in conversation with my friend and celebrated Chicano musician Alejandro Escovedo, who was releasing his 17th album The Crossing, a concept album about two immigrants and their experiences discovering America. As two creatives from Texas our conversations ranged far and wide on the theme of migration. Alejandro’s immigrant history is rich and inspiring and watching him perform these songs on stages across the U.S. played an important part in my motivation to develop Estoyart.​​​ I have also drawn from my experience as a coordinator for JustFaith Ministries, a national Catholic social justice organization, and specifically an immersion experience that involved volunteering at a shelter in Austin, TX where Spanish speaking asylum seekers found refuge.  These beautiful individuals and the stories they told have stayed with me to this day.  When Estoyart enables migrants to tell their stories, I believe we will not only discover bold new artists, but will also document powerful moving stories about survival, hopes, fears and dreams that must be heard and seen.​​​​​​ Patrick Tourville Founder, Executive & Creative Director
Founder's Statement
Mission