ProjectArt is an arts program providing free arts classes to children at public libraries in major US cities. 1 36 to the arts encourages children's self-worth, helps them communicate and improves their 2 37 in academic areas. Yet, since the 1980s, access to arts education for American school children has been on the 3 38 . But where the American public school system is 4 39 children, non-profits are 5 40 to fill the emptiness, and one organization in particular has 6 41 plans to become the largest free art school for children in the country. ProjectArt, founded by AdarshAlphons in Harlem in 2011, is 7 42 to New Orleans and San Francisco, two cities with many homeless young people and giving the organisation a(n) 8 43 in a total of eight cities across the US. Its executive director, Diana Buckley Muchmore 9 44 with ProjectArt in its early days, and one experience impressed on her the 10 45 that art can make on a child's development. 11 46 her friend Alphons in teaching in a Harlem community center, Buckley Muchmore met a boy. "He was very quiet, but I 12 47 with him through a sculpture he was making 13 48 wood, and he slowly started to 14 49 to describe his work," she remembers. Since then, Buckley Muchmore has watched as ProjectArt has embraced a model of 15 50 with the country's public library systems. The libraries give them 16 51 space, access to existing communities and materials to 17 52 the children's creations. In the meantime, the organization is working to serve the particular needs and take 18 53 of the resources of its newest cities. In San Francisco, Buckley Muchmore has an eye on big companies like Airtbnb and Adobe, which she hopes to 19 54 for funding. The organization also receives 20 55 from foundations and individuals. “In terms of less populated communities, we'll get there too," says Buckley Muchmore. "Eventually, we'll be in all the cities that have libraries."