Artists 4 Artists classes take place the second Wednesday of each month from 1pm-3pm.
For information on how to volunteer please call (423) 521-4707
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Ellen Heavilon, H♥ART Gallery TN founder, was sitting at a light at 4th St. and Georgia Ave. and saw a downtown garden. She thought, “I want one of those.” After purchasing the property for the gallery she used the green space available to make that thought a reality. On March 26, 2011 a group of fiends, family, and H♥ART artists gathered in the rain to create the ten garden boxes that make up the 1st phase. On June 26, 2011, Homes was added as the centerpiece. We have since added rain barrels to catch the rainwater and are creating a compost bin. On November 17, 2012 a group gathered to plant 13 Leyland Cypress trees and install our first group of commemorative bricks. As we continue to grow our community more take advantage of the beauty of a natural surrounding in an urban setting.
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We offer several classes a week that take place in our community. These classes are made up of a variety of people. We work with the homeless community, low-income seniors, those with physical or mental challenges, and at risk inner-city youth. Our professional staff work with volunteers and their ideas to set up classes and projects throughout the community. We partner with several organizations and non-profits around the city to join together in our pursuits of bringing growth and art expression to our community. We do it through art and conversation. We hope to instill creativity and give the people, who might not otherwise have the opportunity, a chance to create something and see where it leads them. Most recently we have begun offering professional art expression classes to organizations for their clients and staff hoping to use art as a way of healing and nourishment for the soul.
Open Studio for H♥ART-Artists
Twice weekly we host artists participating in programming to come to the gallery, share a meal, and create! Much of the beautiful work for sale is created in these magical hours each week at the Gallery!
Seniors with H♥ART-Various Senior Living Facilities in Downtown Chattanooga
We bring art making to groups of seniors living in residences in downtown. High school students are our primary volunteers for these groups to facilitate intergenerational learning and conversation. We are thankful to the Tennessee Arts Commission for supporting this program
Studio E
Studio E is a partnership with the Epilepsy Foundation working with young people living with epilepsy. Each month the gallery hosts an evening of art creating for the kids while the parents take an opportunity to discuss their struggles and joys in their own group.
Family Promise of Greater Chattanooga
In our weekly art expression class we work with families in transition teaching some coping skills for dealing with their uncertain situation.
Low Vision Weekly Art Expression Group
In this weekly group program we assist artists to continue their creative vision and cope with changing eyesight. This class is open to the public with a paid reservation. All art making materials are provided as participants work with therapeutic guidance in creating.
Maclellan Family Shelter
Twice a month we bring art expression to the families in transition living at Maclellan. Parents and children together have time to reflect on what is positive in their lives and art as a way to express the emotions, stress, and family dynamics of experiencing homelessness.
Hosanna Community
Once a month we offer the clients art expression classes that work to help beautify their surrounding and work with art to help integrate cognitive and emotive modalities.
Ongoing Programming
We have short term, 6-8 week programs that are consistently taking place within the community with various partnering organizations as well as our year round programs.
When Jay and Ellen Heavilon purchased the rundown space for the gallery in October of 2009, the building was tagged. It gave Ellen the idea to find those kids and “give them a canvas”. After saying this to Frances McDonald, the founder of Mark Making , the idea of a revolving community mural and partnership began. In October of 2010 Mark Making brought in a California hip-hop, graffiti artist for a four-day workshop/community based discussion about graffiti and ended with the first mural at 110 East Main St. called “Breathe”. Since then approximately every six months a new piece has been done by the community.
Breathe (October 2010) Breathe was born out of the need for the community to come together and “breathe”. Graffiti when invited can be a beautiful art form and this first mural was just that.
UrbanH♥ARTbeat – (April 2011) A local high school student was chosen to create his vision for Urban H♥ARTbeat. Once the letters were in place members of the community were invited to participate by adding their own visual ideas in a triangle creating this mural.
CARE – (October 2011) “Care” was designed by local graffiti artist, SourOne, to bring attention to homelessness during the cold winter months. Inside of the word ‘care’ are pictures of clients from the Chattanooga Community Kitchen. Mark Making and H♥ART took photos of the clients, made printed copies then facilitated workshops where they were asked to really show us something about themselves. They could take their picture and change it up to express who they were, not what they looked like for that second the camera captured.
Help, Share, Love – Twenty-two 3rd through 5th graders from Battle Academy (our neighborhood school) were chosen to participate in this mural. For two days after school they attended a workshop facilitated by Carl Guerra, art teacher, where they talked about what it meant to help, share, and love. After learning various techniques for the applications they took their words and painted them on a heart which would then be placed on the mural. That Saturday the children along with Ms. Guerra and the Mark Making staff attached the hearts and painted the surrounding mural.
Calaveras – celebrates Chattanooga’s Latino residents and culture.
To create Calaveras, Mark Making paired 12 Latino students with 12 Spanish language students in professionally led visual arts and civics classes. In the tradition of Day of the Dead, students studied visual art and design tools to create sugar skull designs to honor their ancestors. Lead Artist, Jas Milam was responsible for the mural concept, class curriculum, and onsite painting.
Mark Making partnered with H♥ART Gallery of Tennessee, Boyd-Buchanan School, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy, La Paz Chattanooga, and Spark to create this culturally engaging mural.
]]>We partner with these organizations in either of two ways. First, we offer art play and art expression classes to other nonprofits and secondly, 10% of all sales are donated to an organization of the artists' choosing.
"In partnership with schools and at Girls Inc. centers, we focus on the development of the whole girl. She learns to value herself, take risks, and discover and develop her inherent strengths. The combination of long-lasting mentoring relationships, a pro-girl environment, and research-based programming equips girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers, and grow up healthy, educated, and independent. Informed by girls and their families, we also advocate for legislation and policies to increase opportunities and rights for all girls."
Orange Grove provides services to individuals with a primary disability of an intellectual disability who are predominantly from the geographic areas of Hamilton County, TN, and surrounding counties of southeast Tennessee, northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Residential services are provided for individuals who are from this area, as well as distant cities and states. Orange Grove serves approximately 1,000 adults and children, and employs approximately 800 professional staff members to provide a wide array of community services.
Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center celebrates conservation, biodiversity, recreation, and education by creating opportunities to play, learn, dream and discover.
Description Southside Abbey is a worshiping community shaped by the present needs of Chattanooga’s Southside neighborhood. We value the ancient patterns of sanctifying life, time, and space, while responding to the immediate needs of the community in which we live, work, play, and pray. We live our faith as a way of life that extends beyond any church walls. We are known for our responsive community ministries developed through relationships with Southside residents and neighborhood organizations.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Chattanooga is an inclusive liberal religious community dedicated to the Unitarian Universalist principles. We provide an environment which celebrates life, stimulates creativity and the exchange of diverse ideas, and fosters spiritual and intellectual exploration. We support responsible actions to reduce oppression, preserve the environment, and promote compassionate justice in our larger community.
Welcome Home of Chattanooga is a Home for those who have a terminal illness and have nowhere to go for end of life care. We provide shelter and family type care, partnering with area hospices who provide the professional medical care.
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