Autumn 2024

Dear Friends and Supporters,

We hope your summer has been rejuvenating and you've experienced many joyful moments!! I have been fortunate this post doctural summer to have enjoyed more creative time in my studio, garden, writing and resuming travel!!

For the first time, we planted milkweed plants with hopes of attracting Monarch Butterflies. With our son Aevrey's sensitive care and research, we experienced this magical, alchemical process! We were able to release 4 Monarchs!

Communities Create provides a safe and quiet refuge where participants gain a sense of wholeness and belonging, engage with others, and discover new creative capacities.

Warmest wishes,
Karen Silton, PhD, Founder
Communities Create

UPCOMING WORKSHOP

Downtown Women's Center (DWC)

October 22 - November 26, 2024

Communities Create continues to work with this long-time partner (2018-2024) to serve vulnerable women experiencing homelessness.

New Art Media added to this workshop series!

Artist and teacher Karen Silton will be offering clay, jewelry, and painting sessions as well as newly added

Gelli printing and Embroidery

our collaborative partnerS

Downtown Women’s Center (DWC)

ending homelessness for women in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy

Safe Place for Youth (SPY)

empowering young people experiencing homelessness to thrive by providing lasting, community-driven solutions that address racial and social inequity.

People Assisting the Homeless (PATH)

improving the quality of life of the population by providing food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

TESTIMONIALS 2024

You woke me up! - Participant

I can find who I am again. - Participant

I feel so good and proud of myself the way I made those ceramic pieces. - Participant

I realize that it's cultural responsive to this work to have art. - Partner Staff

Your model has proven the effectiveness and the need. - Partner Staff

cc sTORE

Our revenue comes from fees-for-services paid by our partners for workshops, individual donations, grants, and sales.

Ph.D COMPLETED

Dissertation available for download

“You Woke Me Up!”: Experiences of Arts for Well-Being in Community Alongside Unhoused Women at the Downtown Women’s Center, Skid Row, Los Angeles, California, USA

Silton, Karen. Pacifica Graduate Institute ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024. 31481830.

Download Dissertation

OUR TEAM

Karen Silton

Founder

Barry Balin

Vice President

Pamela Saelieb

Secretary

Claudia Coronado

Treasurer

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