The community outreach programs that the CCA coordinates are Artwalk and Artreach. Artreach is a program that takes art to the disadvantaged and disabled. Weekly art lessons are held either at the center or at the location where the participants reside. Staff and volunteers at the close of each session host a reception and show featuring the work the new artists have created. The CCA is located at 220 Cypress.
Admission is free.
Bright as a new penny, the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature has set up shop in Abilene and has the children's book publishing world excited. People who love children's literature will come again and again. An exhibit of David Small's work opened March 1, 2001. The Caldecott is the Oscar of children's book illustration. The show will run until June l5.