'Metro Atlanta Task Force' Homeless Shelter Provides An Art Studio For The Homeless

At one Atlanta homeless shelter, canvases, paint and brushes are among the most important resources available.

Inspired by the artistic interests of executive director Anita Beaty, the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless provides an art studio for homeless men and women, CNN reports.

"It gave me an outlet, I didn't think about being homeless, I didn't think about where I'm going to eat at," says [artist Greg] Walcott.

In addition to creative expression, the studio also has a tangible impact on improving the artists' lives.

According to CNN, the program can also help provide a source of income for participants, who sell paintings to local churches, art lovers and passerby. The homeless artists can keep 80 percent of the money from the sale of their work, with the remaining percentage going back to the shelter to buy art supplies.

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You can help support the art studio for the homeless by making a donation to the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless.

Comments

[metogamekun]

07:34 PM on 04/03/2011

This is the kind of creative thinking that's needed to overcome many of the problems we have.

Kudos to Anita.

[EdMitchell]

06:38 PM on 04/03/2011

Teabaggers were protesting outside the shelter. They wanted to know why this guy Art deserves special treatment.

[jpvt]

06:30 PM on 04/03/2011

I like it!

[AmberGaze]

05:49 PM on 04/03/2011

Beautiful and thought provoking! Just imagine what the DOD's $400,000-600,000 would do for Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless. :-(