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Give Art a Home Fundraiser - Save the Date!

Posted by Chris Ornelas · February 07, 2018

Excited to announce the Give Art A Home AFTS Fundraiser!

SAVE THE DATE ~ April 26th

We want YOU to sponsor AFTS!

Go Online to our website to the drop down menu "Events" OR Print out form and mail in below!

THANKS for your support and can't wait to see you for a fun evening with drinks, eats, art and giving back!

We are looking forward to an amazing evening raising money for AFTS!

If you or your business would like to sponsor Give Art A Home please reach out to learnmore@artfromthestreets.org for sponsorship information.

THANK YOU for your support!

Art From the Streets rely on generous donations of people like YOU!

Purchasing artwork supports the artists directly.

Donating to our program helps us to offer a free Open Studio

for the homeless and at risk. THANK YOU!

How To Help The Homeless During The Winter

Posted by Chris Ornelas · January 18, 2018

Thanks to the bitterly cold temperatures, those who have nowhere else to sleep have to deal with issues such as exposure and hypothermia.

City Council Agreement to Impact South Austin Homeless

Posted by Chris Ornelas · January 03, 2018

An agreement being considered by the Austin City Council with the Texas Department of Transportation could end up allowing police in the city to enforce trespassing laws in areas such as underneath the U.S. 290 overpass, which is home to a growing homeless population that also has some residents worried.

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Can Solving Austin's “Downtown Puzzle” Help the Homeless?

Posted by Beth Unite · December 26, 2017

Austin is a city that has typically had a rather tense relationship with its own homeless population, similar to most other cities around the United States. Austin, however, is a town who has an unofficial mascot in the form of Leslie Cochran, a homeless man that preferred to wear women's clothing and who would later fall victim to the violence that would fall upon the city. His passing in 2012 from an injury that he had sustained three years prior prompted former Mayor Lee Leffingwell to proclaim him “the icon of Austin, who was the very symbol of 'Keep Austin Weird.” City Council would later go on to declare March 8 of every year “Leslie Cochran Day.”

How To Help Those Experiencing Homelessness In Austin

Posted by Chris Ornelas · December 13, 2017

The time has come where we all begin to experience a season full of freezing temperatures during overnight hours, meaning that Austin's homeless population will be the ones who suffer the most because of this. Additionally, these temperatures can also be dangerous to individuals sleeping in motel rooms, cars, and homes that have no heat whatsoever.