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SEEN + HEARD

For more than 20 years, we've worked to build a community of young people, artists, parents, volunteers, and supporters who believe in the power of creativity to transform lives and communities. This blog is another way we can share these voices and ensure that they are heard.

Let’s continue the conversation around the importance of creative development in our young people and celebrate their artwork, inspirations, and stories.

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Many Faces: Alliannah Hamilton

We’re continuing our Many Faces, One Collective series, this month featuring Alliannah Hamilton. Some members of our collective have been...

Khalid Thompson: in the Moment

There was a time in my life when I wasn’t so sure of my purpose. It amazes me that I am here on planet Earth serving this purpose,...

3 reasons I said YES to ART 180

1. I was at a crossroads in my life, between turning 50 in two years and feeling unfulfilled in my job. 2. My youngest, Chloe, would be...

What Do You Stand For … Now?

In the fall of 2011, ART 180 mounted an exhibition exploring the self-perceptions of 25 rising fifth- and sixth-graders. The 8-foot-tall...

The Road to the Really Big Show

For 13 weeks, over 150 young people in ART 180 programs have been working to create art that many of them get to present at The Really...

A Month Filled With Goodness

We have all the feels thinking back on all of the memorable moments our young people experienced last month. So we had to show ya! Take a...

Massive Resilience

Take a look behind the scenes at our Teen Leader's Massive Resilience project, a six-month long program developed by Dr. Ram Bhagat to...

Let the Sunshine Come Through

By Denise Tyler, 14 Last fall, teens in our Dreams Sculptures program at Atlas used found and recycled objects to craft mixed media...

Things I've Carried Along the Way

By Taekia Glass, ART 180 program director As I was preparing to write this, in honor of my fourth year being on staff at ART 180(!), I...

Sunlight Session

A candid conversation about the school-to-prison pipeline.

ART 180, or The Confessions of a Former Karmatini Lounge Host

by Iris E. Holliday I cannot really remember when or how I first discovered ART 180 or how ART 180 first discovered me. It was a number...

Planting a Seed

By Austin “AUZ” Miles, ART 180 program leader ART 180 asked 20 past and present program leaders to showcase their work on all 160 GRTC...