1997: Art-Reach partnered with the Junior League to provide a series of arts and crafts workshops for children from Project H.O.M.E. and Bookworms.  Project H.O.M.E. empowers people to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty, to address structural causes of poverty, and to enable all of us to attain our fullest potential as individuals and as members of the broader society.  Each human service agency met once weekly for six weeks.  Participants were introduced to a broad range of visual arts activities such as printmaking, bookmaking, collage making and paper mâché projects.

1998: Art-Reach worked with Temple University’s Full Circle Theater to present a seven week intergenerational program in Northeast Philadelphia.  The Workshop Program explored and dispelled the stereotypes of old and young people as well as discovering commonalities among these groups.  Activities involved ice-breaking activities including creating group poems, face painting and sharing of photographs and stories to further connect the participants.  The project was funded by the Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial.

2001: With support from VSA arts, Art-Reach partnered with the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy and local artist Barbara Gregson for a six-month artist residency.  The Workshop Program was tailored to meet the physical, mental and emotional needs of the students as well as foster their interest in the arts.  The project combined creative arts, theater and social skills in an educational and therapeutic environment.  The students explored various aspects of theater to present a final performance.  The students worked together to make costumes and create sets and props while learning outlets for their creativity.

2003-2004: In a Workshop Program funded by the Rohm and Haas Company, we collaborated with Temple University’s Full Circle Theater to present an 18-month, three-part Workshop Program for residents of the Bridesburg/Wissinoming section of Northeast Philadelphia.  The workshop encompassed three intergenerational, improvisational theater sessions involving seniors and middle-school students. Participants also received free tickets to arts and cultural events such as the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Flower Show and field trips to the National Constitution Center and the National Liberty Museum. 

2005-2008: With major support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, we are conducting a three-year workshop program involving three Art-Reach member agencies in North Philadelphia and three pairs of multi-disciplinary arts partners.  Our partners for this project include the Mural Arts Program, the Clay Studio, Strings for Schools, Spiral Q Puppet Theater, InterAct Theatre Company and Philadelphia Young Playwrights. The first workshop, which ran from July to December 2005, involved the Clay Studio (TCS) and Strings for Schools (SFS).  Through TCS workshops and an SFS string-quartet residency, women and children will strengthen their relationships by working together to make musical instruments from everyday materials and clay and learning how to perform on them.

Art-Reach partners with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to make its hands-on arts workshops available to Art-Reach groups. These workshops are held on Saturdays at the Pennsylvania Academy, Broad and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia. Art-Reach groups can participate in the regularly scheduled Family Workshops, which are open to the public. Art-Reach groups whose members need extra attention have the opportunity to attend a workshop just for Art-Reach groups. These workshops are held once a month.