Nonprofit

Creatives for Causes / Art Buddies

Minneapolis, MN
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www.artbuddies.org

  • About Us

    We bring creative joy to children.

    Art Buddies helps kids from low-income families discover their creative gifts while building confidence and big dreams.

    Our creative mentors come from all sorts of exciting fields — including advertising, graphic and interior design, film production, commercial photography, illustration, public relations, web design and architecture.

    Mentors work one-on-one.

    At every program, creative volunteers work one-on-one with their child. The kids are amazed that they each get their own adult. One boy told us, “Art Buddies is cool, cuz you get your own person!”

    Our workshops last from 7 to 10 weeks, with 40 mentors helping 40 kids create something fanciful and unique. It might be a costume of a child’s future self, or a model of their dream city, or an image of themselves as “ruler of the world.”

    No matter what the activity, our goal is always the same: to help the children believe in themselves and expand their vision of who they can become.

    We bring creative joy to children.

    Art Buddies helps kids from low-income families discover their creative gifts while building confidence and big dreams.

    Our creative mentors come from all sorts of exciting fields — including advertising, graphic and interior design, film production, commercial photography, illustration, public relations, web design and architecture.

    Mentors work one-on-one.

    At every program, creative volunteers work one-on-one with their child. The kids are amazed that they each get their own adult. One boy told us, “Art Buddies is cool, cuz you get your own person!”

    Our workshops last from 7 to 10 weeks, with 40 mentors helping 40 kids create something fanciful and unique. It might be a costume of a child’s future self, or a model of their dream city, or an image of themselves as “ruler of the world.”

    No matter what the activity, our goal is always the same: to help the children believe in themselves and expand their vision of who they can become.

    Cause Areas Include

    • Arts & Music
    • Children & Youth

    Location

    • 2840 Bryant Ave. S, Suite 405, Minneapolis, MN 55408, United States
    Illustration

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