New Sandwich Town arts program aims to harness the power of drawing [Video]

A new after-school program aims to put the power of drawing in the hands of kids in Windsor’s west-end.

On Tuesday, Art Windsor-Essex (AWE) announced the new Sandwich Visionaries drop-in arts program would run for 24 weeks, thanks to support from the Community Benefits Plan, funded through the Gordie Howe International Bridge project.

“A program like this is super beneficial to a community,” said Marc Ngui, the program facilitator for the project, in an interview with CTV News. “It sort of helps people imagine their neighbourhood in different ways and the potential for what a neighbourhood can be.”

The free art classes are run out of the John Muir branch of the Windsor Public Library every Monday and Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Kids of all ages are welcome, as well as parents, to take part in the workshops covering basic drawing principles, techniques and exercises.

A mural mock-up created …