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Our mission is to provide free art education, free art materials, and a safe space for all children to explore the art-making process.

Through your generous donations, we host lessons, contests, critiques, and workshops at public schools. We currently serve over 1000 students per month at Colors of Cambodia, the birthplace and pilot program of Art Will Save The World.

Colors of Cambodia has been open since 2003. The program is currently run entirely by former students, many of whom have also gone on to become professional artists.

Astounded by the impact of creating a free space to learn about art, we have created a series of videos that we share with organizations around the world, and are currently working on setting up Colors of the World outposts in Ecuador and Rwanda.

“When you fall in love with a work of art, you activate some of the same dopamine pathways that you activate when you fall in love with a person.”
— Eric R. Kandel, MD Nobel Prize-Winning Neuroscientist.

Our History

Colors of Cambodia began in 1999, when founder Bill Gentry first shared his love of art with children in rural Cambodian schools. By 2003, a dedicated school and gallery opened in Siem Reap, expanding access to free art education. Two decades later, in January 2023, the program relocated to a larger space (affectionately known as The River House) where students now explore not only painting and drawing, but also music, performance, sculpture, and graphic arts.

Bill, COC Founder, in 2003