THE FOUNDATION
Art is at the core of MALDONADO’S success and mental health, so the plan is to pay it forward and help others find love, peace, and therapy through art.

The MALDONADO art foundation is a 501c non-profit organization with a focus on community service program that provides free art workshops for inner-city youth and troubled teens. The foundation will also provide adult art workshops focusing on the mental health and therapy components of painting. 

THE ARTIST
MALDONADO aka Allen Maldonado –
MALDONADO is mainly known for his lengthy acting resume with over 100 Films, TV shows, Cartoons, and Commercials, including Blockbuster Films such as The Equalizer opposite Denzel Washington to iconic television shows such as ABC’s Black-ish and, most recently, 4x Emmy Award-winning Netflix animated series Maya and The Three opposite Zoey Zaldona.

While filming the wrestling action-drama television show Heels on STARZ in Atlanta, Georgia, during the pandemic. Allen discovers how much his Mother’s dementia has affected her memory after a one-hour phone conversation consisting of the same story loop over and over. Trying his best to conceal the crying during each conversation, MALDONADO would decide to paint while speaking with his Mother. Doing so was the first time he could make it through a call without crying. And the therapy would begin.

Unable to return home from filming due to Covid restrictions throughout production caused MALDONADO to begin to paint on the set to deal with the helpless feeling of having a parent with dementia. So in between takes every day, he would paint. Vowing to keep his therapy pure, MALDONADO would refuse the many offers to purchase his work, creating a collection and love for art over the past three years on his mental health journey. Always promising everyone that one day he would do a show, the time is now as MALDONADO is ready to share his therapy with the World

THE ART SHOW
The MALDONADO art show will feature his first collection, “The Mind of MALDONADO.” The Garage Space gallery is a two-story gallery and will be covered from wall to wall with various original art and installations. As mentioned, each ticket/entry will feel like you’ve found Willy Wonka’s golden ticket for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to explore the premises. So upon entry, you will receive headphones, and the silent immersive experience will begin.

Once inside, the guided journey will begin. Narrated by MALDONADO and special celebrity guests, each gallery section is scored with original music by Get It Done Music. This experience will feel and operate like an amusement park ride. The gallery will be one big loop and timed so we get each person in and out like an assembly line.