The gallery opening for the teen Chill & Spill artists was so very gratifying. A local restaurant hosted a pizza party before the event for the youth and their families. Then we walked to nearby Gallery, where the teens were amazed to find that their artwork had the best spot in the house!

The self-portraits were created in Art with Heart’s Chill & Spill class by students at an alternative school for those who had failed out of the public school system). It was wonderful to see how extremely proud they were of their accomplishments. Terrone (top right) and Charles (bottom right) both were interviewed by a local cable TV show about their artwork. Both students enjoyed the limelight.

Art with Heart has been invited back to continue the Chill & Spill class during the Spring quarter and we are very grateful to the Kismet Foundation for making this possible. The artwork is up through May 24th.