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ac3=INFINITY
art - culture - community - change
http://www.ac3.org
ac3 is a national effort to exchange information on innovative Arts in Service activities.
the project will compile and present information in a collection of programs, lessons and
worksheets for use by individuals and groups seeking to design activities that incorporate
the arts into community service.

Art is the Heart of the City
http://www.charweb.org/arts/heart/
A public art mural project in Charlotte, NC, led by Cordelia Williams and Paul Rousso, with students at Northwest School of the Arts.

Coming Up Taller
http://www.cominguptaller.org/
Arts & Humanities Programs for Children & Youth
The mission of the Coming Up Taller Initiative is to focus national attention on, and garner support for, out-of-school programs that use the arts and the humanities to provide children safe
places to go, new learning opportunities, chances to contribute to their community,
and ways to take responsibility for their own futures.

Gallery 37
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
78 East Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60602
http://www.gallery37.org/
Provides job training in the arts to young people
info@gallery37.org

The Latin American Art Resource Project (LAARP)
Proyecto para Potenciar los Recursos del Artista Latinoamericano
http://www.hood.edu/academic/art/laarp/
A development program that teaches how to make art and artisanry with low-cost, local resources, reviving the use of traditional techniques and demonstrating their economic and artistic benefits.  Founded in 1995 by William Swetcharnik, an artist with extensive experience in traditional painting media, its projects include:
Showing artisans how to add value to their products, decorating them with paints prepared from local colors of earth. Helping schools which can't afford imported art materials, to make their own materials with locally available resources. Working with schoolchildren to beautify their communities with low-cost murals.

Outlaw Murals
http://aad.uoregon.edu/culturework/culturework.html#2
Laura Feldman
One of my favorite murals in Portland is the 1,725 sq.ft. "Rediscovering Belmont" mural on the Futon Factory at SE 30th and Belmont Streets.  I'm always engaged by it every time I walk or drive by. It took five months to organize, two weeks to paint, and involved over 100 neighborhood volunteers, including schools, neighbors, and local businesses. If you read the attached plaque you'll see that it was sponsored and supported by the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association, AmeriCorps Members for Neighborhood Safety, Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and supported by the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office, Bitar Brothers, Corp. and the city's Graffiti Abatement Project.

Vermont ArtsExchange
Matthew Perry
P.O. Box 698
North Bennington, VT 05257
a nonprofit organization providing arts education and art therapy to people of all ages

Very Special Arts Massachusetts
http://www.accessexpressed.net/
Arts and entertainment organizations who have opened their doors and created access for people with disabilities.

The Village Project; A Passport for the Imagination
http://isis.infinet.com/electink/index.htm
A multicultural project designed to stimulate the imagination.

Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation
http://home.lacn.org/lacn/lulawashington/children.html
Children's performing groups grow out of the "I Do Dance, Not Drugs," program, which involves classes each day after school and on Saturdays.

YODA, Youth Organization for Digital Art
http://www.aurumtek.com/yoda
Never before has there been an organization to meet the needs of young artists and designers from around the globe...