Season’s Greetings!
With your support, Art Buddies has brought creative mentorship to more Twin Cities kids than ever! We connected with over 500 kids this year!
Thank you!
Photo by Jaime Chismar
Since 1994 Art Buddies has brought free one-to-one creative mentorship programs to thousands of Twin Cities children at our highest need schools and communities. We help children build a foundation of creative confidence and develop a sense of their own agency by listening, encouraging, being present, and being willing to see the world through their eyes.
We need your financial support today to make the programs possible.
Please give generously to keep these creative minds flourishing!
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Thanks to our donors like you we can continue to grow our program to reach even more kids with the power of one-to-one creative mentorship!
Photos by Jaime Chismar
Here at Art Buddies we have had an action packed 2022!
We have returned with our Character Creation Program to our partner schools. The classes and parades were better than ever!
We have brought our creative mentor program to new school communities Lucy Craft Laney and Elizabeth Hall Elementary in North Minneapolis. Creating real connection, confidence, and joy!
Art Buddies partnered with the Super Summer kids of North Minneapolis, Zenon Dance Company, and Toussaint Morrison, spoken Word Artist and we brought Character Creation to life!
With the Inclusive Design Team from Target we held a six week Super Summer Mural Design Class and then, with the help of over 70 Whittier Elementary scholars we created a 40 foot permanent mural displaying the children’s design of Community Unity!
We held Art Buddies Art Cars program sponsored by Carmichael Lynch and Subaru! We also held an Art Car Program in collaboration with the Art Shanty Project. Look out for the Fox or Butterfly Art Cars!
We brought our Creative Career Program to Andersen Middle School. Scholars learned about Architecture and Graphic Design
We reached over 150 scholars with our 8 week Penpal Program. It was wonderful to continue to reach our kids, and so engaging and meaningful during Distance Learning.