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Court-invovled teens find self expression through art workshops

Larissa Ramey, an artist with Art Ventures and an MFA candidate at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville leads a zine making workshop with court-involved youth at the gallery this summer. The workshop was part of a partnership with the Washington County Court, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Division 8. (Courtesy Photo)

After two workshops for court-involved youth, Art Ventures Executive Director Lakeisha Edwards says her team wants to do more.

The gallery recently partnered with the Washington County Court, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Division 8, this summer for a two-week workshop for teens ages 14-17 who've come into the court system as a...