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Our Mission

Raw Canvas Art and Design Center serves the communities of Saint Louis City and Saint Louis County.

Firmly rooted in the African American community Raw Canvas will service a diverse youth population, and will provide curriculum and services that provide opportunities in art, culture and entrepreneurship to youth adults and families.

 

Raw Canvas is the art component of Legacy Training and Development Corporation whose mission is to promote health and expand art. For more information on Legacy Training and Development, click here.

ABOUT US

Raw Canvas is a 501c(3) arts education program located in the 14th Street Artist Community in the Old North neighborhood of St Louis, MO. We are a group of artists and entrepreneurs that have joined together to help our community grow economically and in creative spirit.

 

We started with an idea that has in its roots the belief that people are constantly in need of recharging and re-discovering the humanity that resides in us all.

 

With our Raw Canvas art education programs in collaboration with organizations here in St. Louis like the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Regional Arts Commission, North St. Louis Arts Council, St. Louis Artworks, and Fathers Being Fathers, we are constantly designing and shaping programs that will allow and foster self expression which is an essential, yet often ignored ingredient in the formation of a healthy view of self.

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