"I give props to ART START for helping me get my message heard in a legal way." - J, Graffiti Is... student
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"I love music like I love my mom." - T, music student at weekly shelter workshop
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"ART START is like a school for the soul."
- Cannon, former ART START student
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Teen self-discovery retreat in Rincón, Puerto Rico.
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"You'll be staggered by what they are accomplishing against the most daunting odds."
— The Catalog for Giving, New York City
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Teen self-discovery retreat in Rincón, Puerto Rico.
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Visual arts workshop at a local shelter.
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One Mic student inside the ART START recording studio.
The purpose of ART START is to value and nurture the voices, hearts and minds of some of New York City's most vulnerable youth, giving them the tools to transform their own lives through the creative process.
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