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There is a new youth who has been coming to art group recently. I met him on outreach a few years ago and I discovered that from a young...

Claudia grew up in a home with drugs and conflict, prompting her to leave at the age of 17. Claudia ended-up on the streets and using...

“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck The wonderful thing about art...

Her first stop was to see Clark, who is pictured above. He was sitting outside a store, soggy from the rain. He was happy to see the...

“Every artist was first an amateur.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Laura is a very quiet and intensely  shy person. She has recently started to...

“And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of your sister’s...

This piece is called “Topsy-Turvy”, and has a very unique quality to it. Try imagine that you are looking at it upside down, or even try...

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We...

“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.” -Goethe Below is a piece entitled “Mufasa” by a member of...

On December 21, 2012, Kaylin, a long time member of the art group, passed away suddenly. The art group was devastated to lose a member of...

“Dragon Fly” or “Homesick”, Mixed Mediums: acrylic and ink on canvas. “A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because...