about pasa¿

Pasaj places original art in the places where communities already gather — hospitals, libraries, cafés, barbershops, hotels, schools, real estate developments. We call these spaces gallerëttes. And what happens inside them — that's the experiment.

We are transatlantic by design: rooted in the African diaspora, operating across continents, returning value in three directions simultaneously — to the artists, to the spaces that host them, and to the mission.

Pasaj is a 501(c)(3) social impact experiment of The Birthright Project. Digital education and opportunity powered by themmaadd institute.

how we work

when art arrives on a wall, value moves in three directions at once.

artists & their communities

a third of every sale returns directly to artists — across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and diaspora.

gallerëtte hosts & their guests

a third returns to the space — the hospital, the library, the café — and the visitors who bring pieces home.

the mission

a third funds digital education and opportunity at themmaadd institute — directly.

co-creations

what happens when a hospital wall tells the story of the city outside? when a library becomes a door to Lagos or Kingston? these are the co-creations — the stories we didn't plan for.

korle bu teaching hospital — accra

in lagos there is no arrival

the reading room — atlanta

she turned before they called

ward 4 community center — washington d.c.

silence all other gods

what can a wall change?

can it hold memory?

can it carry culture?

can it shape wellbeing?

can it return value?

can it become infrastructure?

can a wall open a passage between continents?

this is pasa¿

a transatlantic social impact experiment

every wall is already changing us.

they shape how people feel.

they carry stories.

they quietly define the places we have access to — and subtly shape our memories.

the question isn't whether walls shape communities — they do. the question is how. should. they?

so we gave the wall a new job.

the mechanism

gallerëttes

early observations experiment, day —

gallerëttes

countries

visitors scanned

conversations started

patients spent longer in the waiting room.

four works found new homes.

$1,248 returned to the café.

children asked about the artist.

a library wall became a reason to stay.

become a gallerëtte

a gallerëtte begins with a wall.

and a belief that it can do more.

about pasaj

join the team.

we're building something transatlantic. if that sounds like your kind of work, we'd love to hear from you.

fellows are project-based; associates are part-time; general management roles are full engagement. all roles are remote-first and mission-driven.