Aug. 19—Organizations working with the homeless are often laser-focused on meeting people's basic needs — and for good reason. But Ryan Williams believes when it comes to people who have very little, ...
The Fresh Start art program, run by the OKC Homeless Alliance, provides homeless and formerly homeless individuals with a space to create and sell artwork. Having an art show and selling your work is ...
BOISE, Idaho — A new art collective retail space is helping the homeless - one painting at a time. Interfaith Sanctuary held the grand opening of their Homeless Art Collective on Saturday. The art ...
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Imagine being an artist without a proper space to create or display your art. That’s the situation for some living on Albuquerque streets. About 20 years ago, the organization ...
One photograph shows smiling friends linked arm-in-arm at Christmas time. Another shows a man asleep under a bridge, clutching a few tattered belongings. Both show the faces of homelessness. The ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — For 29 years, Art From the Streets has provided creative refuge to Austin’s homeless artist community. Its own journey has paralleled that of its artists, as the nonprofit has ...
Soft, forgiving chalk pastels bring beauty to what can look like an ugly world. The artist’s tool also becomes a conversation starter at (In)Rich Open Art Studio, a program for homeless people, now ...
NEW ORLEANS — ART Conference attendees will volunteer their time during the conference here in May to help a facility for homeless veterans in southeast Louisiana. This will be ART’s ninth service ...
SAUSALITO, Calif. - The Sausalito Art Festival is a no-go this year because of a fight over a homeless camp. "It's a real shock," said painter Kay Carlson. "It's not that i'm not totally empathetic to ...
After being gone for a year, a familiar face to those who live and work on Commercial Street returned this month for a short visit. Art Elwell, the formerly homeless photographer who was interviewed ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The art gallery owner seen in a now viral video, spraying water from a hose onto an unhoused person, is stopping short of apologizing and is defending his actions. UPDATE: SF ...