Art Expression Inc. Featured in Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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Art Expression Inc. Named NAHYP Award Finalist

Art Expression, Inc. is happy to announce that we have been named finalists for the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award (NAHYP). Read the press release for more information!


Art Expression Inc. & HCEF 2013 Program

Art Expression Inc. continues to work with the Homeless Children's Education Fund (HCEF) to deliver programming to children and families. Enjoy the latest Smilebox which tells the story of some of the work done in class!

StART Growing


Smilebox Presentations

Board member Cheryl Silinskas has assembled 2 new SmileBox's highlighting Art Expression Inc.'s spring sessions at Markham and Jefferson Elementary schools.

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Thank you for making our Day Of Giving a great success

Thanks to you, we were able to raise $1,300 (before matching funds)! We also inspired several first-time supporters! This is a FANTASTIC start to our goal of $5,000 to develop the ARTchitecture: Building Bridges exhibit. Your support is inspiring!


Art Expression Inc. & HCEF Summer Program

Art Expression Inc. has, once again, teamed up with the Homeless Children's Education Fund (HCEF) to deliver programming to children and families. Enjoy the latest Smilebox which tells the story of some of the work done in class!

StART Growing


AE at Camp Kon-O-Kwee Family Camp


Art Expression team members, Angela Lowden (President and Director), Mariah Scalise, Jamie Sloan & Dana Iskey delivered a fantastic day of expressive-art to the families of the Operation: Military Kids organization during their Camp Kon-O-Kwee Family Camp. Check out the pictures in our gallery!


StART Growing

Board member Cheryl Silinskas has made a wonderful new SmileBox highlighting the Art Expression Inc.'s StART Growing.

StART Growing


Art Expression Inc. in the Community

Art Expression Inc. will soon be making an entrance into several community shelters to provide programming which supports families suffering from poverty and homelessness. We are proud to support the mission of the Homeless Children's Education Fund. The attached article highlights the effectiveness of programs like Art Expression Inc.
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Pittsburgh Promise

Check out the Pittsburgh Promise, Idea Pod Magazine. Art Expression developed a review of the field of Art Therapy.


Earth Day

Join Art Expression Inc. on April 28th from 10am-2pm at Mt. Lebanon Park Recreation Center for Earth Day! Come plant a seed of creativity and express your artful self....bring a tote bag to donate to the Pittsburgh food bank. More information at www.EarthDayMtLebanon.org


Winter Wishes

Enjoy this Art Expression Inc. Smilebox created by Board Member Cheryl Silinskas

Winter Wishes


Tell Me a Story

The Pittsburgh Foundation has launched their new initiative, "Tell Me A Story". The story of a former Art Expression Inc. participant, Eliot, has been selected as one of five feature stories. Check them all out here! Sometimes we at Art Expression Inc. are given a great opportunity to learn from the children that we serve. This is one such opportunity... Check out Eliot's Story. Share this with your friends, and help us reach the "Eliots" that exist in every school.



Art Expression Inc. Vice President Lisa Wright participated twice as an expert panelist during the most recent American Art Therapy Association National Conference. Lisa was invited to speak on the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) and the American Art Therapy Associations (AATA) recent designation of Art Expression Inc. as a model program for our nations K-12 schools.

The AASA & AATA worked together to designate programs that have operated successfully and consistently while providing measurable community affects. Information gathered from these model programs was used to produce a Tool Kit for distribution to 13,000 school districts. The Tool Kit provides practical examples on how to implement an art therapy program to address retention, special needs, bullying, autism, socialization and more. The Art Therapy Tool Kit highlights programs that are working in urban, suburban and rural areas as well as funding strategies to put them in place. Art Expression Inc's contribution to the Took Kit included information on implementation tools, outcomes, applications and keys to success.