Category: Arts

  • Culinary Delights

    September 29, 2019
    On any given night in Los Angeles, more than 2,300 transition-age youth (TAY) experience homelessness. Ages 18-24, most have been…
  • Making Broken Pieces Stronger

    September 26, 2019
    Thanks to Clinical Psychologist Dr. Alexa Altman, Create Now provided a class in a Japanese art form called Kintsugi at…
  • Homeless Teens Love Painting

    September 5, 2019
    Runaway teens can find refuge at Angel’s Flight in the Ramparts district. Most are fleeing from abusive families. This shelter also…
  • Incarcerated Youth Heal Through Writing

    August 29, 2019
    Optimist Youth Homes is a residential detention facility located in Highland Park where 85 teenage boys are incarcerated for many…
  • Power of the Arts Festival 2019

    June 22, 2019
    Our Power of the Arts Festivals are popular community events for low-income children, including foster youth and those facing homelessness,…
  • Psomas “Paper Yacht Challenge” Benefit a Success!

    June 22, 2019
    We are so grateful to Psomas, one of the largest engineering consulting firms in the nation, for donating the proceeds from…
  • Guitar and Painting for At-Risk Students

    June 10, 2019
    Thanks so much to the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs for providing funds for a guitar workshop at John Muir Middle…
  • Guitar for Continuation School Students

    May 30, 2019
    There are more than 50,000 students in continuation high schools in California. These kids are at high-risk of dropping out.…
  • Kids Facing Homelessness Perform!

    May 20, 2019
    Thanks to the Department of Cultural Affairs for their support of our Create a Show program at LA Family Housing’s…
  • Loving the Arts to Pieces

    April 3, 2019
    Ten years ago, Erica Katz volunteered through Create Now to teach arts and crafts projects to children facing homelessness at…
  • Vulnerable Girls Create Jewelry

    November 26, 2018
    Crittenton Services for Children and Families in Orange County serves clients who come from homes where neglect and abuse are…
  • Cooking Up A Brighter Future

    October 30, 2018
    Los Angeles County has more foster youth than anywhere in the nation - 30,000. These kids face tremendous challenges when…