Community Programs

For our community-based programs, we partner with an organization committed to serving children in need. We offer ongoing enrichment opportunities that would otherwise not be available; and they offer the support of counselors, staff, and knowledge that comes from years of experience working with the children we serve.

Community-Based Programs

Fall 2018 

Binford Middle School*
Program Title: Inspired to Inspire
Program Focus: Painting, drawing and photography.
Led by Alexandra Gwynn; assisted by Patricia Brown

Redd Elementary School*
Program Title: Everyday Superhero Capes: 2018
Program Focus: Sculpture and Fashion
Led by Mica Whitney; assisted by Laura Mae Lucas & Erica Reyes

Fairfield Middle School*
Program Title: Binding Our Identities
Program Focus: Drawing, painting, poetry and writing.
Led by John Gammon; assisted by Kass Patselas

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School**
Program Title: Owning Your Story: Recreating & Redefining through Collage
Program Focus: Collage Led by Cree Vick; assisted by Richard Taylor Logue

Lucille Brown Middle School***
Program Title: My Body is Mine
Program Focus: Paper-mache sculptures
Led by Isabel Atkinson; assisted by Cait Morris

Charterhouse School
Program Title: Creative Recycling
Program Focus: 2D and 3D mixed media works
Led by Dee Robertson, Assistant: Courtney Stubbs

John Marshall High School
Program Title: Look At These Kicks
Program Focus: Shoe Design, Drawing Leader: Justice Elder, Assistant: Hayley Nestor

St. Andrew’s School
Program Title: Earth Art: Identity and Place
Program Focus: Sculpture Led by Mica Whitney; assisted by Laura Mae Lucas and Charmeya McMurray

Northstar Academy Program Title: Positive and Negative Space
Program Focus: Drawing, printing and painting
Led by Dee Robertson; assisted by Austin Miles

Neighborhood Resource Center of Greater Fulton (NRC)
Program Title: Telling Stories Through Radio in Fulton
Program Focus: Podcast, Radio, Audio, Editing, Writing
Led by Allison Dyche; assisted by Krysti Albus

Six Point Innovation Center (6PIC)
Program Title: Re-Presenting Ourselves
Program Focus: Photography
Led by Steven Casanova; assisted by Austin Miles

Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club with Franklin Military
Program Title: Mixed Media Pieces
Program Focus: Collage and Mixed Media
Led by Justice Elder; assisted by Chevonne Gibbs

ART 180 Fall 2018 Self Advocacy Programs

Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center
Program Title: Cartoon Characters
Program Focus: Cartooning and Animation
Co-led by O.K. Keyes and Duane Doku

Richmond Juvenile Detention Center
Program Title: Rhyme, Rhythm, & Design
Program Focus: Painting
Led by Marvin Underwood; assisted by Raven McCarter

We Believe in Young People

Each young person is a valuable part of our community. We promise to offer a supportive and nurturing environment, which allows our young people an opportunity to bring into being the beauty that exists within their creative spirits.

We Believe in Creative Expression

Everyone will be free to be an artist who can give birth to a masterpiece, because we recognize that innovation is the heartbeat of growth.

We Believe in Communication

We seek to provoke ideas and stimulate conversation that encourages self-awareness and expression of diverse perspectives, remove barriers of fear, create a better understanding of humanity, and illuminate hope.

We Believe in Compassion

We advocate kindness to heal division and resolve conflicts, because everyone has a right to be heard, to experience love, and to be treated with dignity and mutual respect.

We Believe in Community

We value the importance of collaborative relationships, which celebrate diversity. We recognize that by sharing together we're capable of making even greater creative contributions that can enhance the well-being and quality of life for the whole.

We Believe in Change

We embrace change as a gift that empowers young people to transform our world through creative expression. It provides opportunities to be passionately engaged in a natural process of learning, challenging complacency and discovering opportunities to live a meaningful life.