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dixie · 04-07-2011, 10:33 PM

“An art studio doesn’t usually make anyone’s list of what the homeless need. But when Anita Beaty decided to start painting in the storefront window of a homeless shelter, people were soon looking in and asking to join.

Beaty is the executive director of the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless. She’d been looking for a way to combine her love of art with her passion for eliminating poverty. There are seven artists working there now, including TieRee Malone and Greg Walcott, who say painting helped them turn their lives around.

‘It gave me an outlet, I didn’t think about being homeless, I didn’t think about where I’m going to eat at,’ says Walcott.

It also provided a source of income. Collectors, church groups and even people passing by the building purchase their paintings, which sell for anywhere from $200 to $2,000.”

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