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On Friday November 11th from 6-9 pm, Mixture, will be sponsoring an Art Show featuring artwork created by at risk youth in the Storefront Expressive Arts Program.
The Storefront is a 20-bed emergency shelter--the only one in San Diego specifically designed for homeless and runaway youth. Its goal is to return these young people to their families, or to find them independent living arrangements and prevent their sexual exploitation. As part of The Storefront's mission, outreach workers comb the streets of San Diego every night in search of homeless children, providing them with survival information, warm clothing, something to eat, and an opportunity to get off the streets. The Storefront also operates a Day Drop-In Center that provides a safe haven for street kids during the day and after school hours. An alternative school operated by the San Diego County Office of Education is an integral part of the program.
This spring, Mixture became a co-sponsor of the art program and has since donated funds for additional art supplies and has created funds for specific needs of deserving artists such as publishing one poet's chat book and providing scholarships and supplies for another painter for art classes in formal technique. In addition, Mixture has now created a venue for our budding artists to be shown, thus helping to validate the works and giving them a venue to be seen by the general public.
The Expressive Arts Program itself follows the teens and their ideas on what they would like to create. So come see our robots and claymation videos, sculptures, paintings, t-shirts and other surprises. It is our pleasure to share with you the works that have been created, (most of them in only one hour) and meet our two featured artist who will be present to talk about their work and the way the Storefront has positively impacted their lives.
Donations to help this program continue its work with at risk youth will be gratefully accepted and come with the traditional receipt for tax purposes. We look forward to showing you what has been happening at the Storefront!
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