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Finding an outlet for her creativity and her big imagination
Finding an outlet for her creativity and her big imagination

“My art doesn’t always need to be perfect; however, it always needs to have some type of meaning behind it. I work with many types of mediums. I don’t like sticking with just one. I love using markers because they make my drawings more vibrant and colorful. I also love using watercolors because painting with them is fun and interesting to use. I take my time with each drawing. I like to include a lot of details, colors and value into each art piece. I like my art to be eye candy and to appeal to others.”

— CAW Character Design Intern Tiffany Depeña

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characterdesign, cartooning, cartoons, empowerment, graphic arts, high school, out-of-school time, videogamesScott Lucas, Marketing & Communications ManagerCreative Art Worksart education, intern, character, design, youth voice, creative youth development, caw4kids, caw, creativeartworks
"Hold On"
"Hold On"

How do organizations provide a Public Art Youth Employment program during a quarantine? Creative Art Works and Catholic Charities Alianza collaborated to develop a remote graphic design internship that created after-school jobs to over 40 students from Liberty High School. Interns learned the principles of effective design and how to use photo editing software. For a final project, each intern created posters that answer the question, "What do we want to hold on to from our lives before the pandemic?"

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high school, integrated, literacy-based, Multimedia, Public Art Youth Employme, Public Art Youth Employment Program, public speaking, after-schoolBrian RicklinLiberty High Schoolcaw4kids, creativeartworks, creative youth development, liberty High School, intern, pandemic, quarantine, PAUSE
Student-Created Murals Are Game-Changers
Student-Created Murals Are Game-Changers

Physical activity is essential to the healthy development of all students, yet 80% of Americans don’t get enough exercise, according to the CDC. That’s why Creative Art Works teamed up with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to create murals to activate spaces at two schools in Brooklyn as part of the Active Art in Schools initiative. Active Art seeks to promote physical and mental well-being through a series of architectural and urban design strategies that encourage stair climbing, walking, bicycling, transit use, active recreation, and healthy eating.

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high school, Mural, active designDaniel Bergman, Program DirectorFranklin D. Roosevelt High Schoolmural, active design, DoH, Department of Health, Active art, nyc, New York CIty, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn, student, Valerie Hallier
Doing the Right Thing
Doing the Right Thing

Going back to school to earn your high school diploma can be a struggle; so can wrestling with complex issues of social justice. In a CAW integrated art class at Innovations Diploma Plus High School in Manhattan, students are challenged to do both.

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in-school, integrated, literacy-based, Multimedia, public speaking, high schoolScott Lucas, Marketing & Communications ManagerInnoavations Plus Diploma High Schoolart education, Art, curriculum, social justice, empathy, family, Language Arts, literacy, integrated learning, in-school, NYC, public speaking, publicspeaking, t, x, youth development