ChopArt is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization helping homeless youth express themselves through art. Through our programming we provide opportunities for community organizations and professional artists to collaborate with our youth participants to create artwork and art projects helping to foster awareness of the homeless situation in Atlanta, generate funds for our homeless youth participants and their families, and provide a platform of positive and creative reflection and self-reflection for our youth. 

ChopArt was started in Cape Town, South Africa in 2010 as an outside service provider and traveled to Hyderabad, India in 2011 spending a year operating within the Affordable Private School system. After assessing a potent need for similar programming in the United States, ChopArt launched its program in Atlanta, GA in 2012. Since its start, we have served over 30,000 youth with a variety of programs focusing on community engagement, lifestyle development, and art exploration. 

We currently partner with local shelters and homeless organizations to provide multi-disciplinary arts programming in Atlanta, New Orleans, Hyderabad, and Accra. 


Our Mission

To provide dignity, community, and opportunity to middle and high school aged youth experiencing homelessness through multidisciplinary arts immersion and mentorship.





Women and children comprise 58% of the homeless population and the average age of a homeless person in our community is 9 years old. These are not the faces we typically picture when we think of homeless people on the streets. They are the hidden homeless.

-Rainbow Village