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Art with a Heart

Baltimore, MD, US • 50 - 99 Employees
Non-Profit

Art with a Heart's mission is to enhance the lives of people in need through visual art. With art as its vehicle, Art with a Heart provides Baltimore's vulnerable children and youth with access to positive and productive programming, caring and nurturing adults on a consistent basis, and the chance to embrace new ideas and skills. Art with a Heart works to make participation in its programs a transformative experience, emphasizing for its participants that their new ideas and skills can be a foundation for creating change in their lives. In addition to more than 14,500 annual core programs, Art with a Heart offers the following complementary initiatives:• HeARTworks - a workforce development program, uses art as a vehicle to teach job skills• Art to Market - teaches job program participants and volunteers to create marketable art which is then displayed and sold to the public• Apprenticeships - encourages qualified participants who have graduated from the job program to earn money while assisting in HeARTwares and targeted sites• Arts Integration - provides engaging visual art programs to supplement academic curricula in elementary/middle schools• HeARTwares - Art with a Heart's social enterprise/retail store• Public Art Projects - often in the form of mosaic murals by community volunteers• Community Service and Service Learning• The Art of Leadership - introduces and/or reinforces leadership competencies to provide students the skills to help solve community problems and enhance their civic participation.