Harwood’s outreach program, Creative Roots, is designed to strengthen our community, develop a sense of belonging in our young people, and celebrate our shared culture by providing youth aged 6-15 with free arts learning, leadership and exhibition opportunities. Creative Roots engages youth in hands-on learning and culminating exhibitions, with a special focus on youth at risk and youth from backgrounds of low income.
Creative Roots is a year-round program with more than a decade of success at Harwood Art Center. In response to community input sessions that revealed a need for this program to grow, Creative Roots now has three points of community engagement: weekly workshops at Wells Park Community Center; regular Saturday Community Art Days for youth from across the city; and the Youth Mural Project, which meets weekly at Garfield Middle School- now a STEM magnet school.
Harwood engages the arts as a catalyst for lifelong learning, social change and community development with programming for every age, background and income level. We believe that equitable access to the arts and opportunities for creative expression are integral to healthy individuals and thriving communities. In all of our work, we aim to build inclusive environments where everyone feels cared for. We nurture long-term, multi-faceted relationships with participants, building programs with and for diverse communities around Albuquerque. We integrate the arts with social justice, professional and economic development, and education to cultivate a higher quality of life in our city.
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