Village-Works

11/30/2025

Join us for our last workshop in the space formerly known as as we celebrate the arts and creativity one last time with this free community event with Village-Works! Sign up now at the link below……. come celebrate and say goodbye to what we’ve built here together, and hello to new workshops in new spaces for 2026🎉💛

https://www.create48ac.org/classes?fbclid=IwVERDUAOZPDxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7nOz1rVf8eXgJfYfMxfuTLDsmwU-LQLFmc2iNfwREGdK8wbGnVEe_v3-XHjw_aem_CQ9LzdfE2MJ0QG1qu_eswA

09/14/2025

My beautiful friend, Joyce, whom I met at a writing conference earlier this year. Drove from Bridgeton, NJ, to be at today's art class. What an incredible, sold-out class it was! More pictures to follow. 🤩

08/25/2025

This is gonna be a special art workshop! I plan on being a student for a day, too. Sign up and secure your spot with the incredibly talented Chanelle Rene 🤩 FREE ART

🌸 Village Works & Create 48 Present 🌸
Lotus Flower Painting Workshop with Chanelle René 🎨✨

Join us for a free meditative art session at Union Hall Arts! Chanelle will guide participants through lotus flower painting.

From the artist :
Like a lotus flower, we too have the ability to rise from the mud, blooming out of darkness into the world. This workshop blends meditation, reflection prompts with painting a lotus flower.

Secure your spot here now (it’s free!) : https://www.create48ac.org/classes

🌟 About Chanelle: She’s the Cape May based artist behind the acclaimed Grant Street Beach series, and her murals can now also be seen adorning the walls of Atlantic City’s City Hall!

🍕 Complimentary pizza & soft drinks provided by Tony’s Baltimore Grill.
🖌️ All painting supplies included , just bring yourself (and your journal if you’d like).

📍 Union Hall Arts, 2806 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ
📅 Sunday 9/14 | ⏰ 1–3PM

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08/21/2025

I've been thinking about a way to serve our veterans and decided to reach out to my local VFW. Today was a great initial meeting with the commander and we've come up with a way to offer art workshops to our vets (visual and writing). These workshops will be open to ALL veterans and they don't need to be a VFW member.

I will be leading a writing workshop at the VFW in Delran Post 3020 on Monday, September 15th @ 6:30pm. More information to follow. If you are a veteran or you know of a veteran who might be interested, stay tuned. Dedicated to serve 🇺🇸

08/05/2025

This Sunday's Village-Works writing workshop will be dedicated to the life and memory of this man. In addition, a donation to a reputable NPO that serves our veterans will be made in his honor. You were great, my friend. It was my honor.

View Robert Nevitt's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

08/04/2025

We're back with another writing workshop this Sunday, August 10th! Led by yours truly. Reserve your spot at the link below 😎

🎉 WE’RE BACK, ATLANTIC CITY! ✍️🔥
Ready to spark your creativity and connect with fellow writers?

Join us Sunday, August 10th at 1PM for a FREE Creative Writing Class led by / founder of and creative powerhouse 📝

✨ Whether you’re a total beginner or a seasoned writer, this is your space to dream, write, and be inspired.
💥 Come catch that creative fire — and yes, there’s pizza!

🍕 Hosted at the legendary — because nothing goes better with writing than world-famous Atlantic City pizza.

📝 What to bring: Just YOU and your imagination.

🎁 One lucky participant will win a full scholarship to , where you’ll get expert feedback, inspiration, and tools to take your writing to the next level.

👇 LIMITED SPOTS!
Register now at https://www.create48ac.org/classes and tag a friend who should come with you!

07/22/2025

One of my longest friends has been saying for years that he's wanted to bring his son to a Village-Works class. He finally did this weekend. Our youngest student was 7 years old and our oldest was 86. I only know that because the man's wife called him out as being the oldest person there. Lol. But that's what it's all about, people from all ages and backgrounds coming together with a common love for the arts.
Huge thank you to Johnny Blockhead for teaching a wonderful acrylic painting class. Your vibe set the tone for the day! As always, thank you to my business partner, Zack Katzen, and unionhallarts for being the home base for Village-Works . Until next time!!

07/20/2025

53rd Village-Works art class is going down now!!! Thank you so much to for leading today's class! Pictures to follow.

Today's class is dedicated to Maxwell Fiore. Forever in our hearts 💕

07/18/2025

Happy 49th birthday to this guy!! No marriage is perfect, trust me when I tell you, but if you can find someone who supports your endeavors and dreams, by all means hold onto them. Todd has wholeheartedly supported Village-Works from the time it was just an idea to today. No matter what it takes for this program to run, he's willing to sacrifice. Village-Works was my vision and his financial commitment. This program wouldn't exist without BOTH of those things. 6 years later and over 500 students have received a FREE day of art.

Please join me in wishing a very happy birthday to Todd Fiore.

07/01/2025

We're happy to say that we just made our 7th scholarship donation to Murphy Writing of Stockton University ! 1 deserving student has been awarded with a workshop of their choosing. The arts are one of the first programs to get cut in schools. We're here to preserve and enrich our arts community. 🤩

06/30/2025

Our upcoming FREE art class Sunday, July 20th. Reserve your spot today. 🤩