Juanita Beverly has cut slits in a canvas, and woven strips of canvas through the slits. On this textile-like canvas she will create a painting. Art is woven into Juanita Beverly’s life’s canvas. Juanita was drawing by age six. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.

“What happens to a dream deferred?” Must it “dry up,” “sag,” or “explode?” When creative expression is cultivated and recognized, homeless people are given the opportunity to live their dreams.