Program / Event Details

With art as its vehicle, HeARTworks, Art with a Heart’s Workforce Development Program, provides a collaborative space for youth (Ages 14-24) to experience a structured work environment while building job readiness, life skills, and art skills. Participants will be fully immersed in all aspects of product development with a focus on visual arts, specifically, creating products for HeARTwares, Art with a Heart’s social enterprise store. Proceeds from the sale of these products will be shared between Art with a Heart and the individual student, or between Art with a Heart and a partnering organization, as applicable.

The curriculum integrates modern artistic techniques with workforce development skills, including design fundamentals, illustration, creative problem-solving, collaboration, time management, and client-based project execution – empowering teens with both creative confidence and career-ready competencies..  Students in the program will work on a variety of projects and HeARTwares products throughout the duration of the program.