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Art Workshop Registration – iCRAFT Vault Foundation
Join us for an engaging and creative youth art workshop designed to inspire self-expression, confidence, and emotional wellness through hands-on art activities!
Date & Time: 4/12/2026 at 1:30pm
Location: Port Allen Community Center- 749 N Jefferson Ave, Port Allen, Louisiana 70767
Age Group: Youth ages 6-14
Limited Spots Available
This workshop will include guided instruction, interactive activities, and creative projects that encourage youth to explore their emotions and creativity in a safe and supportive environment.
⚠️ Important Registration Notice:
Please only register your child if you are certain they will attend. Due to limited seating and preparation of supplies, we want to ensure every spot is filled by a participant who is committed to being present.
If your child is unable to attend after registering, you must notify us as soon as possible at icraftthevault@gmail.com so that another child may have the opportunity to participate.
Liability Clause:
By registering your child for this workshop, you acknowledge and agree that iCRAFT Vault Foundation, its organizers, volunteers, and affiliates are not liable for any injuries, accidents, or loss of personal property that may occur during participation in workshop activities. Parents/guardians assume full responsibility for their child’s participation and grant permission for involvement in all supervised activities.
We look forward to creating, connecting, and crafting with your child!
ITS FREE!!!!
Funds donated so far have helped cover essential workshop supplies including:
• Glue & glue sticks
• Hot glue guns
• Canvases
• Paint
• Take-home bags
• Beads, buttons & decorative stones
• iCraft backdrop
• Aprons
• Plastic table covers
• Snacks & drinks for participants
• Venue deposit
While nonprofits do not pay a booking fee at WBR Community Centers, a refundable deposit is still required, which has been secured for this event.
The more funds we receive, the more youth participants we can accept and the bigger and more impactful we can make this workshop.
Every donation directly supports creative healing, confidence-building, and community connection for our youth.
Crafting Confidence, Unlocking Creativity
iCRAFT Vault Foundation, empowers youth through hands-on arts, mentorship, and creative confidence.
Our Amazon Wishlist helps support iCRAFT Vault Foundation by providing essential art and craft supplies for our youth workshops. Items purchased go directly toward canvases, paint, aprons, sewing materials, and creative tools that help children heal, grow, and express themselves through art.
iCRAFT is a newly founded Louisiana-based organization and is registered with the state and recognized by the IRS. At this time, it may not yet appear in the IRS online database. If you require a copy of our IRS determination letter, please email icraftthevault@gmail.com
The Why?
Monica founded iCRAFT Vault Foundation because she recognized a deep need in her community for safe, creative outlets that support healing, confidence, and self-expression for youth. As a registered nurse, mother, and community advocate, she has witnessed firsthand how stress, trauma, violence, and limited resources affect children, often leaving them without healthy ways to process their emotions.
Creativity has always been part of Monica’s family legacy. Her grandmother sewed and created with her hands, her mother worked in event décor and design, her father built, welded, and invented, and her sisters pursued fashion and art. That creativity continues through her own children, spanning sports, design, crafting, and artistic expression. Growing up surrounded by makers taught Monica that creativity isn’t just art, it’s therapy, skill-building, and survival.
iCRAFT Vault Foundation was created to pass that legacy forward by providing youth with hands-on art and craft experiences such as painting, sewing, jewelry-making, and DIY design, paired with mentorship and emotional support. Through creative workshops and community programming, the foundation helps young people build confidence, develop life skills, and see their creativity as a pathway to healing and opportunity.
At its core, iCRAFT Vault Foundation exists to honor generational creativity while creating brighter futures, turning art into a tool for empowerment, resilience, and hope.
The WestSide Christmas Bizarre 2021
Thank you everyone for coming!!! The Bizarre was a success!!!!
Special thanks: Tyesha, Myesha, Alfreda West, Kisha, my mother, my husband, Fisher Alicia, Shelly, Maria Oswald, Tee Pebbles, T Zina, T Robin, T Lika, Keyonna Tircuit, Nicole, Michelle, Kayla Ruffin, Diamond Plastics, Alana Percy, T Stacy, T Geana, Sheryl Teske, Lindsey Slattery, Sara, Nicole Worley, Ebony Ward, Nene, Neeva Henderson, Aisha Anderson, Neal’s Seafood, Shamita Collins, Passion Williams, Lisa Neal, Tre’ Brooks, Tonya Lockett, Jennifer Mingo, Sholanda Brooks, Chad Jareau, Melissa Guerin, Juinice Chustz, Alicia, Shelly, Maria Oswald, Ashley Ruffin…… Thank you all so much!! We had enough hotdogs, chips, juice, gifts, prizes, money, playstation cards, crafts, smores, hot chocolate, etcc Im soooooo grateful for you all!
We gave away over $350 in cash, over $100 in Playstation Cards and over 100 toys!! God is good!! Thank you all!!
Event in 2011 in memory of my Aunt Lynn. Proceeds donated to Mary Bird Perkins.
iCRAFT is a newly founded Louisiana-based organization and is registered with the state and recognized by the IRS. At this time, it may not yet appear in the IRS online database. If you require a copy of our IRS determination letter, please email icraftthevault@gmail.com