Art Appreciation

In the fall, I posted some pictures of graffiti art our youth had done. Here are some of the other masterpieces that grace our walls at The Door Youth Centre:

 

Sketches and paintings done by our youth

Our Tape Collection - Recycled cassettes and paint = amazing!

 More to come...

Freedom Writers

Our youth have recently been working on a number of graffiti pieces for an auction that will be taking place in the downtown (check it out here). I thought this would be a great opportunity to show you some of the talent that we have in our centre. And, there will be much more to come!

This was done by one of our young men who has been with us for a few years now. He'd never done anything like this, and really put a lot of thought into what he wanted it to say.

Just a demo piece I did to show some technique.

This guy was really shocked that he was at The Door and was allowed to spray paint. He said to one of our guys while they were painting, "I never thought I'd be doing this here with you". We're trying to encourage our youth that graffiti is a viable form of art, that doesn't need to be vandalism.

The young woman who did this is hard of hearing. She paintedthe sign language for love on the right hand side. She has just started college this year to become an interpreter.

A demo piece done by Aaron.

The young guy who did this piece also did the very last one. He loves BMX and skate culture, so this is a natural art expression for him.

This was a collaborative piece, that Aaron worked on with a couple of our guys.

Again, done by the guy who did the "Hello My Name Is" piece. At first, I thought he was a little out there in using the can so close, but I have to admit that the dripping paint is my favorite part.