Koo's Art Center

1998 BRICK Award winner Dennis Lluy won for his work as Director of Koo's Art Center in Santa Ana, CA. The Koo's Art Center provides opportunities for young people to perform music, literature and poetry in a drug-free and alcohol-free environment.  Dennis has organized more than 500 benefits that have supported social and environmental causes.  Since the inception of Koo's, crime in Dennis' neighborhood has dropped more than 80%, and vandalism has dropped by nearly 100%.