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Austin Woman: From Free Sandwiches to Fine Art
Bringing dignity, pride and a voice of expression to Austin's homeless.

What: Dragonflies. Hearts and love. Fish and the ocean. The artists crowded around the paint-splattered tables barely pause to explain the inspiration behind their work. The intensity shows in their eyes, sounds in their voices, leaps from the pieces they're creating. It's a scene from any art school class in New York, Paris or London as students focus on final preparations for the annual art exhibition and sale. Yet this is Austin. And not a fancy art school or private studio. All the artists are homeless, and the scene is a mezzanine room at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless... [more]

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Rare Gives Back: A Home For Art
Austin's homeless express their creativity through Art From the Streets

Rare Magazine – November, 2009, by Laura Hensley: Pat Bailey has struggled with homelessness for several years and has, at times, lived out of her car. But that's not the way things were supopsed to be. Bailey worked several clerical jobs before a flood of life circumstances left her on the streets... [more]

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Alamo Drafthouse Showcases Free Documentary Screening to Benefit Local Homeless Artists
Austin filmmaker’s award-winning documentary takes audiences inside the lives of five local homeless artists participating in the Art From the Streets art program/show and sale

What: Austin screening of locally produced and directed feature-length film Art From the Streets is a documentary about homelessness, art, tenacity, courage and hope. Austin filmmaker Layton Blaylock tracks the lives of five Austin homeless artists who participate in the Art From the Streets art program run for the past 17 years by a dedicated staff of volunteers. Viewers will visit homeless camps, learn of the daily challenges of street life, hear the whys of homelessness and witness the strengths of the human character. The film is gritty and real, yet beautifully inspiring. For the third year, Alamo Drafthouse has agreed to host the documentary screening to help raise funds for the program and increase awareness around the 17th Annual Art From the Streets Show and Sale taking place the following weekend: November 14-15, 2009... [more]

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Art From the Streets Announces Dates for 17th Annual Show and Sale

Austin, Texas – June 3, 2009 – Art From The Streets (AFTS), a volunteer-driven program providing a safe and encouraging environment for Austin’s homeless to create art, today announced the dates for its 17th Annual Art from the Streets Show and Sale exhibition. This year's event will be held on Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH), 500 East 7th Street at Neches. Orignal artwork starts at $35 with all sales proceeds, apart from a nominal mounting fee, going directly to the participating artists. A $3 suggested admission donation helps defray the cost of program supplies and materials. Parking is available on the street... [more]

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We Make Stuff...Music, Art, & Fashion
Feeling crafty? We are! On Saturday, September 19, We Make Stuff...music, art, & fashion show presented by Electric Promotions will be host to a bash bursting at the handmade seams.

Austin, Texas – August 25, 2009 - Feeling crafty? We are! On Saturday, September 19, We Make Stuff...music, art, & fashion show presented by Electric Promotions will be host to a bash bursting at the handmade seams. Fashionistas, mad crafters, music lovers and skateboarders will converge at The Scoot Inn for a completely one-of-a-kind party - the kind where you can design your own t-shirt, take in a band and see a fashion show - and you're invited.

Proceeds from We Make Stuff raffle will benefit Art From the Streets (AFTS). Art From the Streets is a non-profit, volunteer-driven art class program that provides a safe and encouraging environment where the positive spirit of homeless people is nurtured through artistic expression...[more]

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Art From the Streets Award-Winning Documentary Selected by Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival.
First film festival for nonprofit and cause-driven organizations intends to bring attention to films and videos making a difference; Art From the Streets makes the cut

Austin, Texas – July 29, 2009 - Art From the Streets (AFTS), a volunteer-driven program providing a safe and encouraging environment for Austin's homeless to create art, today announced the award-winning, feature-length documentary, Art From The Streets from Inferno Films, has been selected to screen at Lights. Camera. Help, the first film festival helping nonprofit and cause-driven organizations gain visibility through film and video. Art From the Streets will screen on Saturday, August 1 at 7 p.m. in Calhoun Hall Room 100 at the University of Texas at Austin. Tickets are $7 for Saturday only, and $15 for a three-day pass. Visit www.lightscamerahelp.com to purchase tickets and see the full schedule.... [more]

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Art From the Streets Raises More Than $ 90K For Participating Homeless Artists; Sets Attendance Record
16th Annual Show & Sale results in an incredible 30% sales increase, 70% attendee increase from previous year

Austin, Texas – November 24, 2008 – Art From The Streets (AFTS), a volunteer-driven program providing a safe and encouraging environment for Austin’s homeless to create art, today announced it raised more than $90,000, a thirty percent increase from last year, through art and calendar sales and admission donations at its 16th Annual Art from the Streets Show & Sale, making this year’s event the second most successful in the program’s history. Money raised by art sales directly assists participating artists, while donation money defrays the cost of art supplies and materials for the Art From the Streets program... [more]

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