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BY EMILY LINCKE
Kingwood’s Creativity Shell provides safe space Creativity Shell—a nonpro t youth trade school in Kingwood—was created to help children learn skills to navigate life through activities such as sewing and cooking, said Shelancia Daniel, the school’s founder and executive director. The backstory Daniel said she launched Creativity Shell about eight years ago to o er discounted classes on skills like sewing and baking to children ages 5-17. The organization moved to its current location in 2022. The impact Daniel and her team work with many children who have mental health issues, mental disabilities or who are victims of human tra cking. Students love attending Creativity Shell classes, because the organization is a safe space for many, Daniel said.
Creative classes A variety of courses for children ages 5-17, as well as some programming for adults and seniors, are o ered at nonpro t Creativity Shell. Classes o ered include: • Student sewing, fashion design and textile arts • Student cooking and baking, and cooking classes for the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department • Student pottery, ceramics, drawing, painting, carpentry and industrial design • Adult art in various mediums and cooking
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Christopher Saunders, a student at Creativity Shell, works to cook a meal during class.
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