SkyART, a South Side art center, is delivering art kits and hosting virtual therapy to underprivileged children and young adults in the lowest income neighborhoods in Chicago.

Established in 2001, SkyART is the only free and openly accessible art center in Chicago that typically caters to more than 3,000 kids and young adults that experience trauma and do not usually have access to art learning or materials through CPS or at home.

At SkyART, children have unlimited access to art supplies, computers, and mentors.

Ward started an art therapy program in juvenile court in 1998, working in environments where kids were underprivileged or sexually abused.

Now over 19 years later, SkyArt has been a drop-in facility for kids on the south side to come in and freely express themselves through art.