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Have you ever met someone who is just amazing at remembering names? That person who you met once 3 years ago, who remembers your name as...

It was a particularly rough start to the night at Innercity Arts. One of the youth had arrived in distress, suffering from a mental...

Larissa volunteering at the 2017 festival Every year, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival raises funds for Innercity Arts. Many young...

Damon was downtown one afternoon, when he began to sense the ever too familiar feelings of anxiety and depression taking over: quickening...

Resiliency is the ability to recovery readily after being bent or stretched from adversity. I have about 50 heroes in my life; all of...

As we near the 10th anniversary of Innercity Arts, I wanted to look back on how the program came about. I recently spoke with Jason Pino,...

For the past several years, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival has raised funds for Innercity Arts. The festival founders are passionate...

Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...

Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...

Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...

Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...

Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...

Each month, Terri drops off a home cooked meal for the youth of Innercity Arts. She always puts such love and care into her meals, making...

The poem was heart wrenching, it really struck a chord. It talks about a young man’s struggle, his pain with life and how he finally...

You may be surprised to learn that I have heard this been said many times. Today, it was said by Sarah – a young person in our art...

“I’ve been on my own a long time. I left home when I was 10. Been on my own ever since.” Edward told me this as we sat together in the...

Later that evening, my young street outreach partner and I met 52 street friends. They represented all facets of this diverse culture;...

Innercity Arts was lucky enough to have Patrick Imai, a local carver, volunteer his time to come in to teach us about soap stone carving....

“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,” Psalm 30: 11...

The term “at risk youth” is thrown around a lot, often without much thought or care. It’s a label that can feel very cold and...