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WELCOME

Art Impact Project is a non-profit organization in the Chicago area dedicated to enhancing emotional wellness through creative expression.
Our programming is specifically curated for each population we serve from middle school students to senior citizens. We offer over 100 specifically designed projects with clear objectives – such as increasing positive self-awareness, building confidence, and promoting empathy for others. Our partnerships with schools, drug and alcohol treatment programs, libraries, and many more community service spaces served over 1,500 teens and 200 adults in 2023 alone.

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Make an Impact in Your Community!

Our site partnerships are growing faster than we can keep up and we need more volunteer Art Advocates to support our programming! We’re working in several area schools and community organizations – would you like to join us? Reach out to Cassandra, our Manager of Programming to learn more about volunteering with us.

You do not need to be an expert artist and the commitment is very individualized. Join our program and become an Art Advocate Volunteer today!

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Combining art-making, encouragement, and non-judgemental support.

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Expressing our feelings about the Holidays while making ornaments was a great way to warm a chilly day with the middle school and high school aged scholars at Affirm Leadership Christian Academy. #chilly #emotionalwellbeing ... See MoreSee Less

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Expressing our feelings about the Holidays while making ornaments was a great way to warm a chilly day with the middle school and high school aged scholars at Affirm Leadership Christian Academy. #chilly #emotionalwellbeingImage attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

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Recap of a busy November! AIP brought our fun Collaborative Painting project to Affirm Leadership Christian Academy. The scholars all worked together to create this amazing painting titled "Columbines." Great job! We started working with a new partner, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago and helped Bigs and Littles bond and share what's in their hearts through art! We love the huge smiles we get to share with our North Chicago Community Partners after-school students at Neal Math & Science Academy. They had a great time creating their Thankful Trees. But students weren't the only participants expressing gratitude. The group at our monthly wellness programming with The Art Center Highland Park also created some beautiful Thankful Trees. And we are thankful we were able to provide an on-point project, The Benefit of Art, for NIRCO - Northern Illinois Recovery Community Organization's Art of Recovery Seminar. Then right before the Thanksgiving break we got the students in the Freshman Connections program at North Chicago High School started making Christmas ornaments! And this kicks off another season of giving students the opportunity to give back by donating their handmade treasures to HOPE Ornaments! This is just some of the programming we're doing! We have exciting additions coming in 2025! Come be a part of Art Impact Project in the new year! ... See MoreSee Less

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Recap of a busy November! AIP brought our fun Collaborative Painting project to Affirm Leadership Christian Academy. The scholars all worked together to create this amazing painting titled Columbines. Great job! We started working with a new partner, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago and helped Bigs and Littles bond and share whats in their hearts through art! We love the huge smiles we get to share with our North Chicago Community Partners after-school students at Neal Math & Science Academy. They had a great time creating their Thankful Trees. But students werent the only participants expressing gratitude. The group at our monthly wellness programming with The Art Center Highland Park also created some beautiful Thankful Trees. And we are thankful we were able to provide an on-point project, The Benefit of Art, for NIRCO - Northern Illinois Recovery Community Organizations Art of Recovery Seminar. Then right before the Thanksgiving break we got the students in the Freshman Connections program at North Chicago High School started making Christmas ornaments! And this kicks off another season of giving students the opportunity to give back by donating their handmade treasures to HOPE Ornaments! This is just some of the programming were doing! We have exciting additions coming in 2025! Come be a part of Art Impact Project in the new year!Image attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment

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Such talent!!!

Our special partner, NIRCO - Northern Illinois Recovery Community Organization, is hosting an open house. If you are interested in peer-to-peer community-based recovery services, check them out. Our Manager of Programming, Cassandra Anzelone, will be stopping in early, so if you are nervous about attending, but really want to go, meet her there! @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Our special partner, NIRCO - Northern Illinois Recovery Community Organization, is hosting an open house. If you are interested in peer-to-peer community-based recovery services, check them out. Our Manager of Programming, Cassandra Anzelone, will be stopping in early, so if you are nervous about attending, but really want to go, meet her there! @followers

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Still time to register for tonight's project! Come learn the art of gratitude with tonight's Thankful Tree Project. @followers starts at 6:30 PMThere are still spots available for tonight's Art Impact Project workshop. Explore creativity and wellness with us tonight from 6:30 - 8:00. Sign up below:

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Still time to register for tonights project! Come learn the art of gratitude with tonights Thankful Tree Project. @followers starts at 6:30 PM

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a few samples of what other participants have done.

It's with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of one of the participants of our Veteran programming, Robert L. Dixon. Thank you, Rube! Not just for your service to this country and the sacrifices you made, but for sharing your life, wisdom and heart with us. You brought so much to the group! You may be gone, but you'll never be forgotten! We love you, Rube! #honor #honorourveterans

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Its with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of one of the participants of our Veteran programming, Robert L. Dixon. Thank you, Rube! Not just for your service to this country and the sacrifices you made, but for sharing your life, wisdom and heart with us. You brought so much to the group! You may be gone, but youll never be forgotten! We love you, Rube! #honor #HonorOurVeterans https://www.kristanfuneralhome.com/obituary/robert-dixonImage attachmentImage attachment

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