Creative Arts Workshops for Kids First Annual Art Works Benefit

A Special Live Painting Event with Michael Barletta and Michael Swatt will be part of Creative Arts Workshops for Kids first annual Art Works benefit. June 30th 6-8pm 153 East 53rd Street, NYC< Cocktail reception and live music by Swirl To get tickets to the First Annual Art Works benefit, visit: www.CAW4kids.com Proceeds from final painting from Live Painting event, as well a portion of all sales from the exhibit will be donated to Creative Arts Workshops for Kids. The event kicks off a two month solo exhibit in a NY Public space. Improvisations - Sounds in Motion will be on exhibit through August 30th<br> at The Atrium Shops and Cafe (formerly Citigroup Center), 153 East 53rd Street (Plaza and Street Levels) About Michael Barletta Michael is an emerging artist at the vortex of a thriving underground art community in Syracuse, New York. Though self-taught, with no formal art education, Michael has been an avid student of the arts since childhood -- absorbing and transforming the energy, chaos and emotion of the streets, the media and of his immediate environment drawings and paintings that pulse with raw emotion and energy. More of Michael's work can be seen at Elisa Contemporary Art, www.ElisaContemporaryArt.com About Creative Arts Workshops for Kids Creative Arts Workshops for Kids (CAW) is a Northern Manhattan-based not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that teaches visual and performing arts to empower children to create change in their communities and their lives. In 2009, CAW worked with over 2,000 kids and teens. Ӭ