Program / Event Details

With art as its vehicle, HeARTworks — Art with a Heart’s Workforce Development Program — creates a dynamic, collaborative environment where participants ages 14–24 gain meaningful exposure to the professional world while developing the job readiness and life skills needed to thrive in it. Through an integrated digital curriculum, participants engage in art-making that explores themes of self, identity, and marketability, producing original work for HeARTwares, Art with a Heart’s social enterprise retail store. Alongside their creative practice, participants build a strong professional foundation rooted in effective communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and workplace behaviors — skills designed not just for the program, but for every career opportunity that lies ahead. Throughout the program, participants will gain direct workforce skills by learning how to abide by workplace rules and procedures, engage in a program with concrete expectations and structure, and explore decision-making and communication through digital arts.