What is SEL?: A Back-to-School Refresher
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…
Summer Camp DIY: Felting
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…
Our Partnership with Six Square, Austin’s Black Cultural District
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…
Teaching Artist Spotlight: Faustinus Deraet
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…
Art is Power: Teen Rachael Osgood Shares Her Story
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…
Parent Amy Averett tells her story
Amy Averett and her family have been involved with Creative Action since her son Walter experienced our interactive performance, Courage to Stand, in the fourth…
Easton Park Trolley, Inspired by Del Valle Students
Last year, Creative Action embarked on a partnership with developer Brookfield Residential to create a piece of fun, engaging, and ultimately interactive art at their…
Murals of East Austin: A Guide to Local, Public Art
Austin, Texas is a city that appreciates a good mural. As an organization that appreciates an art-loving community, our Color Squad teen program combines the…
Guest Post by Free Minds: Creative Action Kids Sing with the Dreamers
Guest post by Free Minds. The Free Minds Project provides Austin-area adults living on limited incomes with a chance to explore their intellectual potential. Creative…
Color Squad’s latest zines deal with immigration and the concept of home
Each year, Color Squad, the young civic-minded visual artists of our teen programs, tackle a social issue -- researching it and turning it over and…