Creative Action Blog

Valentine's Day is around the corner, but we're celebrating friendship and love throughout the month of February. Check out these fun, free, and family-friendly ideas…

Happy Lights On Afterschool Day! Today we celebrate Lights On Afterschool Day, a national Afterschool Alliance initiative designed to celebrate the important role after school…

The Halloween season is always accompanied by tough choices -- chocolate candy or fruity? How to carve your pumpkin? Will it be cold enough for…

Last year, Creative Action received a grant from the Mozilla Foundation that allowed us to introduce virtual reality into our arts toolbox. The Mozilla Foundation…

In 2013, Fort Worth Democratic state legislator Wendy Davis filibustered the Texas Senate for 13 hours to prevent a bill that would place draconian restrictions…

When parents know how students are learning and applying new social and emotional skills at school, students are able to create consistent behavior across their…

Our summer camps are packed full of fun activities that teach new art-making mediums to young artists. At our most recent Art Party session, our…

Last summer, we embarked on a journey with Six Square, a neighboring arts and culture nonprofit, to help it continue its mission of engaging the…

Unlike many of our Teaching Artists, Faustinus Deraet’s relationship with art did not start at a young age. In fact, it started at the unlikeliest…

Rachael Osgood is a teen in our Color Squad Collective, where she helps design and paint murals that address community issues. On May 19, she…