Message from Yvonne Wan, Focus comic creator: I am pleased to announce that we have reached our fundraising goal with the help, kindness and generosity of our loving community. I know we are living in difficult times due to the pandemic, but we are determined to keep shining our light in support of children with special needs. Hope is being… Read more →
Congratulations to Eli Gregoire for becoming our latest trading card intern with autism. If you would like to support his art, please order an official Focus tee shirt featuring his art. The tee shirts are quality as they printed directly onto fabric. Thank you to Douglas Hebert and Yvonne Wan for continuing to coach Eli a weekly basis. Thank you… Read more →
Today’s Focus comic lesson plan on story boards for Eli our autistic intern was a success. Next week he will translate the same story board using Focus characters. Many thanks to Art internship tutors Douglas Hebert (certified art teacher) and Yvonne Wan (Focus Creator) for taking the time to support young autistic talent in the community. Read more →
We are proud to announce the release of our new Focus comic trading card by autistic artist Elias Kal-El Gregoire, age 14. We are really proud of how he is developing his skills on the Focus comic free trading card art internship program. In this picture Elias drew Focus doing a 3d fly kick. Elias has a natural talent for… Read more →
We had fun coaching Eli our intern on how to draw focus doing a 3d fly kick. We are so pleased with his progress in developing his skills in drawing. The creator of Focus Yvonne Wan, had the pleasure of inking and coloring his art today. This piece will become a trading card. Please support autistic talent by ordering Elias… Read more →
We are super proud of our 14 year old intern Eli who is doing amazingly well on the free Focus Comic art program. He loves using his new mechanical pencil which enables him to draw with maximum precision. We would like to thank everyone for supporting Project Focus. Photo credit: Eli’s mum. Photo shared with the family’s permission. #championingAutisticTalent Read more →
We are 33 weeks into our free art camp, and four weeks into our free online art tutorials on how to draw portraits. The goal of our online portrait series is to enable kids to fulfill their creative potential in the comfort of their own homes during the pandemic, and gain a sense of self and identity by learning how… Read more →
AZ Ghostbusters charity are organizing a raffle fundraiser! The objective of the fundraiser is to gift Focus comic (which features one of the worlds first autistic super heroes) to special needs kids in childrens homes / foster care. Focus empowers autistic children through positive representation. Focus maintains dignity for autistic individuals by removing the stigma associated with autism. We will… Read more →
Thank you to everyone who have donated to the AZ Ghostbusters Fundraiser. Celebrity Kevin McNally (AKA Mr Gibbs from Pirates of the Caribbean) and Tony Todd (AKA Candyman) was honored to announce the prize winners for us as promised! 2/3 of the fundraising goal has been reached. We hope the second raffle will help hit the fundraising goal. The second… Read more →
We are 32 weeks into our free art camp, and three weeks into our free online art tutorials on how to draw portraits. The goal of our online portrait series is to enable kids to fulfill their creative potential in the comfort of their own homes during the pandemic, and gain a sense of self and identity by learning how… Read more →