Catia is one of the largest slums of Caracas and of Latin America altogether. Poverty and violence are the two keywords to describe Catia, where about one million of Caracas’s 4.5 million inhabitants live. This project concerns the organization and delivery of art courses to the disadvantaged youth of the Catia slum in Caracas. Workshops are guided by experienced teachers. The choice of workshops ranges from dance, painting, music, photography, to learning to read novels etc. The workshops attract children and youth aged 4 to 28 and are held in existing school and parish premises. The initiative provides alternative, enriching, and productive activities to keep youth active and engaged, which ultimately keeps them off the street and out of any potential harm’s way. It also encourages  children and young people through art and culture values such as: responsibility, discipline, confidence.