![]() Today’s students are inspired by their heroes and the pop-culture stories that they have come to love and respect. Many of our in-school art programs are restrictive and limited to academic requirements that do not allow artistic students to truly explore their creative interests and ambitions. I discovered this first hand as a public school art teacher. Today, creative youth are experiencing that same frustration. Eventually, I enrolled in an expensive art school that failed to provide any lasting community to support me on my journey. The problem was that none existed that was either affordable or accessible to me. I wanted a community I could be a part of that would affirm and encourage who I am as a creative person. I wanted someone to show me how I could get really good at it. I loved to draw and experiment with cartoon animation. I loved movies, cartoons, Hollywood and artistic media. When I was teenager, I dreamed of having a place where I could grow in the art and creative expressions that were inside of me. THE STORY THAT CREATED THIS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ![]()
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