• October Treats

    Since May, Create Now has been providing fun arts classes to youth living at foster group homes, shelters, transitional-living facilities…
  • Creative Writing Heals Moms

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  • Mentoring Through the Arts

    Ricardo Ortega and his siblings were separated in foster care for over four years. During November 2015, he was living…
  • Why I Founded Create Now

    My career was in the entertainment industry for many years as a script supervisor. I led an exciting life, traveling…
  • Brenijia’s On the Rise

    Brenijia Barnes lives at the Imperial Courts housing project in Watts, CA. As a 17 year-old high school senior, she…
  • Summer Arts Camp

    Thanks to support from the St. Francis Center food pantry, Create Now provided 20 disadvantaged children who live in our…
  • Covid-19 Resources for Kids

    Create Now is grateful to our volunteers for donating masks, soaps and sanitizers - Sophia Shin, Elizabeth Keenan, Jay Shin,…
  • The “Forgotten Children” Zoom

    While all of us are staying safe at home, thousands of youth in Southern California have no homes to stay…
  • Fashion for Foster Kids

    Create Now has temporarily stopped our Fashion Design classes at Maryvale in Rosemead and Hillsides in Pasadena (foster group homes)…
  • Cultural Journeys

    Last year, Create Now brought 2,290 youth on our Cultural Journeys program! They got to experience amazing performances, like Cirque…
  • Create a Show

    Thanks to the California Arts Council for honoring Create Now with a grant from their Youth Arts Action initiative. Through…
  • Early Education Music

    Thanks to L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis for sponsoring two of Create Now’s early education music programs that use steady…