by createnow | May 1, 2020 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
While all of us are staying safe at home, thousands of youth in Southern California have no homes to stay in, nor families to comfort them during the Covid-19 pandemic. They’re forced to live in shelters, group homes, detention centers and transitional living...
by createnow | Sep 26, 2019 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
Thanks to Clinical Psychologist Dr. Alexa Altman, Create Now provided a class in a Japanese art form called Kintsugi at Penny Lane in Northridge. Foster kids and young adults were taught how to glue pottery shards together to make something that was broken become much...
by createnow | Aug 29, 2019 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
Optimist Youth Homes is a residential detention facility located in Highland Park where 85 teenage boys are incarcerated for many reasons. These kids face tremendous challenges. During the summer, writer Ariane Resnick volunteered to teach a group of young men some...
by createnow | Jun 22, 2019 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
We are so grateful to Psomas, one of the largest engineering consulting firms in the nation, for donating the proceeds from their 11th Annual “Paper Yacht Challenge” to Create Now. This popular event took place on April 18th in the large fountain at the...
by createnow | Apr 3, 2019 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
Ten years ago, Erica Katz volunteered through Create Now to teach arts and crafts projects to children facing homelessness at the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission shelter, now located in Northridge. It was such a rewarding experience that Erica has returned, along...