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By The Hand Club After School Mural Project - February 2021
By the Hand Club is a Christ centered after school program with six locations throughout Chicago. They serve more than 1,600 neighborhood kids aged kindergarten through college. The club was started in 2001 this year is their 20th anniversary. To celebrate each location is painting a section of a mural that will represent what By the Hand means to them and what they feel is possible. The murals will be put together and placed on an Anniversary wall March 20th at the Cabrini Green location. Kathi Parisi Starts With Art (KPSWA) has provided them with the following supplies needed to complete this project. 30 1/2 gallons of paint, 48 paint pallets and 72 paint brushes.
St. Cletus Food Bank Holiday Toy Drive - December 2020
St. Cletus Food Pantry serves our local La Grange, Countryside, Hodgkins and Lyons Communities plus a few more. They are a distribution point for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Their need has grown exponentially this year due to the COVID Pandemic. Every Holiday season, the Food Bank coordinates a holiday giving program with their clients. Due to COVID restrictions, it's a difficult year gettng all the requests fulfilled. The La Grange Art League, through Kathi Parisi Starts With Art Program (KPSWA) donations is coordinating with the St Cletus Food Pantry and La Grange Neighbors and Newcomers to supply and fulfill the art materials requests that children have made. The children are allowed to put up to three items on their wish list. La Grange Neighbors and Newcomers along with members of La Grange Art League supplied the remaining non-art requests on their lists.
Rezin Orr Academy Art Journal Kits - November 2020
Rezin Orr Academy High School is a public four-year high school bordered between the neighborhoods of West Garfield and Humboldt Park located on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district and is managed by the Academy for Urban School Leadership. Currently there are no art classes or programs being taught at Orr with a student population of 400-500+ in any given year. Kathi Parisi Starts With Art Program (KPSWA) has teamed up with the principal, social work and counseling departments at Orr to pilot a program to bring art journaling to Orr.
Art Journals getting assembled. |
Orr Academy Social Worker picking up the art journaling kits |
Art Exhibit Scholarships
September 2020 - Two scholarships awarded to former students of Kathi's for participation in the Starts With Art Exhibit. Students were picked randomly from submissions and the scholarship is for classes and supplies at the La Grange Art League.
Kick-off Event
July 17, 2020 - Off The Street Club Print Making Activity funded by KPSWA funds
at Camp Mathieu
42 Children from Garfield Park Created Print Plates and Postcards At Camp.
Our Mission: KPSWA fosters the love of art in children and teens by empowering them to develop creativity and self-expression.
Our Vision: Introduce, Educate, and Enhance the love art in children and teens.
Our Values:
Our Goals:
KPSWA is a 501(c)3 extension of The LaGrange Art League.
Our Vision: Introduce, Educate, and Enhance the love art in children and teens.
Our Values:
- Inspiring
- Kindness
- Inclusiveness
- Acceptance
Our Goals:
- Educate – provide art education to children and teens.
- Support – provide art materials aligning with our mission.
- Exposure – increase impact within Chicagoland especially in areas with socio-economic disadvantages.
- Partnerships – establish ongoing partnerships with organizations aligning with our mission.
- Responsive – respond to requests aligning with our mission
KPSWA is a 501(c)3 extension of The LaGrange Art League.