Ian Pala introduces the Super Heroes of Austin Police Department's Summer Youth leadership Program.  Thank you Sally Allen, Toni Brock, Rebecca Borrelli and Ian Pala for helping us bring our Super Heroes to life.  Here are 8 of the 100 students who participated in the Share Art Heal...

Jet Baker led a palette knife painting project the 100 students of Austin Police Department's Community Outreach Program.  It began with a brainstorming session creating lists of leadership words. Each group chose a word then painted it in a primary color.  Next each student painted...

As a child Arnold Van Den Berg was smuggled into an orphanage to flee the Nazis.  Anne Frank lived on the same street.  He shared the story of how his family survived Auschwitz with the students of APD's Summer Youth Leadership Program.  His message is "You never give up and quit."...

Video:  Ret. Officer Eric Oakmon, Dee Gonzales from Austin Independent School District, Jet Baker from Share Art Heal and Sharon Cannon from APD Community Outreach present the painting created by Saul Jerome San Juan and the students of APD's Summer Youth Leadership Program to the Sa...

Our second art project with APD's summer program was drawing Super Heroes because we are all SuperHeroes!   Jet Baker (who actually believes we are all SuperHeroes) tested this project in the APD after school program this spring with incredible Earth healing results.  Our SuperHereoe...

Rebecca Borrelli is an artist, a teacher and creator of The Austin Coloring Books.  Thank you Rebecca for generously spending your Tuesday afternoon with the students of APD's Summer Youth Leadership Program.   With your guidance the students created some incredible drawings.  The te...

Today was the first day of Austin Police Department's free month long summer program for middle school students. Share Art Heal is bringing art and Austin artists to the camp all month.  S.J. San Juan was our special guest artist today leading 85 students in a painting project.

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The APD Youth Leadership Program started with a welcome from Police Chief Brian Manley.  Share Art Heal starts our first art project this afternoon.    We'll be bringing art to APD's Program all month.

Austin Police Community Liaison Corporation, AISD and Share Art Heal partnered to bring the APD Art Outreach Program to Kealing Middle School every Wednesday this spring.  For the last couple months Share Art Heal has brought art projects and Austin artists to work with students ever...

You are a Super Hero.  Yes you!  What are your special powers?  What is your mission?  How do you do it?  What does your super hero wear?  How do you move around?  Where are you?    Draw your Super Hero.

This was Jet's assignment for the student...

Jet Baker led the painting project today at APD's free after school program..  Share Art Heal brings art projects every Wednesday in May and the whole month of June to APD's Summer Youth Leadership Program.   The students who learned todays project will be teaching it to other studen...

The mother of 2 of our students at APD's Summer Youth Leadership Program passed this year. Officer Oakmon the camp leader wanted to do something special for the family so he spoke to Jet about creating a special piece of art for the family. Jet's reply was "Yes, of course we'll creat...