#youth art

[dduane]

Check this out. There's good stuff here.

[2022-mmac]

FUN for the entire FAMILY! FREE Games and Activities at the Young Arts Club booth on the Monte Alto Plaza during the Mountainair Sunflower Festival!

[stinkybrowndogs]

What’s this? Silly ol’ me won a design contest? :3c

My winning entry for my local queer organization’s t-shirt art contest! If you’d like a shirt of your own, you can grab one on their website (they should be available soon!)

[neglectedgreengarden]

[venusinorbit]

The New Hampshire Children’s System of Care (CSoC) is accepting submissions for the seventh annual Magnify Voices Expressive Art Contest. Open to students in grades five through 12, the contest invites youth to share creative works reflecting their experiences with and connections to mental health. Submissions will be accepted through April 20.

The contest, part of CSoC’s effort to raise awareness and reduce stigma around youth mental health, encourages artistic entries in various forms, including short videos, songs, performances, interpretive dances (two minutes or less), essays or poems (1,000 words or less), and visual designs such as sculptures, photographs, paintings, or dioramas.

“The Magnify Voices contest provides a forum for youth to share their stories and raise awareness about mental health,” said Deb Jurkoic, committee member and NAMI New Hampshire Family Network Coordinator. “These works continue to make an impact as they are shared statewide, allowing the artists to engage with their communities.”

An exhibit featuring all submissions will take place at a celebration event on May 21, where 12 finalists will be announced. Each finalist will receive a $250 cash prize, and their work will be featured in an academic planner. The event will also include a People’s Choice Award, selected by audience vote.

[afnguy]

Kids Cartooning Classes!!! Open to 7+ years old.

Learn the basics of Cartooning, including emotions and expressions, making your work stand out, color and shading, cartoonists techniques, how to make your work look 3D and more! $180. for 8 one hour classes online. Materials extra. You pick time and days convenient for you! These are group classes, not individual instruction. afn_4@yahoo.com. 1 (647) 403-9244. AshleyNitkin.wordpress.com 25 years of experience.

[foolsocracy]

identity reveals are always fun

[kair0s-in-space]

reblogs appreciated

[aleksandracoffan]

[blossomhead]

pictured here: surly 14 year old rook, surly 22 year old viago, and teia being teia

(click for higher res!!)

[futilys]

dead boy cares

if anyone would like a risograph print of this- i now have a shop !!

[reasonsforhope]

"According to National Coalition for the Homeless, 40% of the country’s homeless youth population is comprised of LGTBQ+ teens. 

When New York native Austin Rivers took up knitting during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was this staggering figure that drove him towards action. 

“I don’t have the capacity to build a shelter, the network or the connections to help in that way, but what I can do is knit,” Rivers told NBC News. 

“And I know that New York City is cold, so I decided I would start knitting and create this nonprofit.”

That’s when he founded Knit the Rainbow, an organization that distributes free handmade garments to those in need. 

And nearly five years after it was first created, Rivers’ knitting collective isn’t just serving the queer community in New York City.

Their nationwide network links local yarn stores and local nonprofits with over 550 volunteers from 45 states. 

As of 2024, they have collected and distributed over 25,000 winter garments — including sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, and socks — throughout homeless communities in New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit, and beyond. 

Once clothing items are shipped to Rivers’ apartment, he works with volunteers to unpack boxes, tag and sort donations, and pack and deliver them to local shelters that provide housing to LGBTQ+ and HIV+ homeless youth. 

Although the organization’s impact is wider, and the piles of mail have grown higher, Rivers still has a hand in day-to-day deliveries. 

“We’re going to do it whether it’s rain, or snow, or shine,” Rivers said in his NBC News interview, pulling a handcart topped with boxes. 

Those clothes could be the difference between frostbite and hospitalization, especially in cities that often drop below freezing in the wintertime. 

But Rivers also noted that every handmade item — knitted, crocheted, or stitched — has a dual impact, because every piece of clothing is made with love. 

“A lot of the times, the reason that they’re unhoused is because they were kicked out by their families,” Rivers said. 

“We’re not just providing warmth, but we’re also providing that love and that compassion that they so often don’t have.” 

To the members of the community Knit The Rainbow served, he had a clear message.

“There are thousands of people out here that are constantly thinking of you and using their hands to make things for you,” Rivers emphasized. “So don’t give up. Keep going.”

To download free knitting [and crochet] patterns, donate a garment, or sign up to volunteer, you can visit the organization's website to get started." 

‍-via GoodGoodGood, December 23, 2024

[liberaljane]

Protect Queer and Trans Kids ⚡️

Digital art of a queer nonbinary teen with glasses and a beanie wearing a rainbow shirt with their back to us. They have a striped long sleeve on and red pants with a star patch. Text reads, ‘schools should be a safe place for queer and trans kids.’

[sunny-possum-pal]

Protect Trans kids

[prettybluebro]

hi tumblr, today i offer you angst.