Create More Together

We want to create more jobs for Detroit youth this year, and pay them to create art and art activities for our communities. We want to create more free Art in the Parks arts and craft sessions for hundreds of children this year.  

And we want our Paint Detroit with Generosity project - which pays youth to create original paintings that Mint gifts to other local nonprofits - to be bigger and more beautiful than ever this year. 

Our youth also will learn mosaic making, lithography and animation this summer, with your support and donations.

We will plan business of art workshops and other special activities for our youth workers. We will buy art supplies, and renew our Zoom membership.  And we will prepare for Orientation, which includes improvisation lessons from the Detroit Creativity Project!

We do this to provide equitable employment opportunities and creative jobs that are meaningful in Detroit. And we want to share art and arts and crafts throughout Detroit, for children and youth of all ages and socio-economic groups.  

We know the power of art to improve fine motor skills, compassion and empathy - and grade point averages.  Eventually, children who had art or music classes were far more likely to become a CEO or research scientists with patents to their credit, Michigan State University researchers found.

And we know that Detroit children and youth deserve joyful activities and meaningful, creative work.