Art to Change the World creates a Maker Space (art room) in several venues, including several Transformational Housing for Women who have experienced homelessness and Youth Programs at the YMCA. Ten ACW Teaching Artists have been trained by a licensed counselor to create lessons which include strategies to reduce trauma. Participants experiment with a variety of media including painting, sculpture, healing body adornment, quilt painting, henna applications, polymer clay, illustration, fabric hat creations and printmaking.
Restoring Waters: The Emma Norton Project 2024
Haven Housing Partnership
Emma B. Howe Northeast Family YMCA
Meet the 2022 ACW Teaching Artists, Psychotherapist and Art Therapist Briauna Williams, Lucy Schroepfer, Layl McDill, Kelly Frankenberg, Catherine Palmer, SAM Greene, Candy Kuehn, Frances Bates, Lynnette Black, Madalina Kelner, Barbara Bridges, Sandra Reardon and Annaliese Thiegs
Creating the Art Rooms
Logo created by Frances Bates
Art to Change the World has been contracted to create a Maker Space (art room) in several venues, including Haven Housing Transformational Housing for Women who have experienced homelessness and youth programs at the YMCA.
