Small actions,
lasting impact.
ECHO is the volunteering and exchange programme of ArtisA in San Nicolas, Aruba. Through the European Solidarity Corps, young people from Europe join our team for six months, and young creatives from Aruba connect with exchanges abroad.
One voice makes a sound. Many small actions, repeated over time, make an echo that keeps going.
The name and the mark come from that idea: a single line in the middle, waves spreading out above and below, inside a frame like a cave wall. It nods to the old pictographs in Aruba’s caves, linking the island’s past to the future our volunteers help build.
ECHO is run by Pure Aruba Events Foundation, the foundation behind ArtisA, and works with the European Solidarity Corps.
26
weeks per project
4
volunteers at Cas Arena
5
ArtisA teams to join
2016
ArtisA in San Nicolas
Where you work
Five teams, one street full of art.
Galleries
ArtisA Gallery and Space21: hanging shows, welcoming visitors, helping artists.
Art Week Aruba
Murals, live painting and the festival crew on the main street.
Art Expression
Creative workshops for young people and the community.
Mural tours
Telling the story of San Nicolas, wall by wall.
MiSO
Supporting MiSO, a creative programme for women, behind the scenes.
How it works
From application to San Nicolas.
01
Find the call
Our projects are listed on the European Youth Portal (European Solidarity Corps). Open to ages 18–30.
02
Apply and meet us
Send your application through the portal. We meet you online and match you to a team.
03
Live in San Nicolas
You live with the other volunteers at Cas Arena on the main street, with food and pocket money covered.
04
Leave your echo
Six months of real work, new skills, and a mark on the story of the Street Art Capital.
Voices
The echo, in their words.
“[A volunteer’s words about their six months, with consent.]”
[Name] · [Country] · 2026 TBC
“[What changed for them, in their own words.]”
[Name] · [Country] · 2026 TBC
“[A local partner on working with ECHO.]”
[Name] · [Organisation] TBC
Next volunteer call TBC
Your six months
start here.
Ages 18–30 · six months · San Nicolas, Aruba
European Solidarity Corps · ArtisA · Art is Aruba · Tur Cos Ta Posibel · Art Week Aruba · Space21
Pure Aruba Events Foundation d.b.a. Echo Aruba
Bernard van de Veen Zeppenfeldtstraat 6, San Nicolas, Aruba
admin@echoaruba.org · echoaruba.org
Bernard van de Veen Zeppenfeldtstraat 6, San Nicolas, Aruba
admin@echoaruba.org · echoaruba.org
Funded by the European Union through the European Solidarity Corps. TBC official EU acknowledgement and logo to add.
