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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW EXHIBITION! Life Pieces presents "Against All Odds," an exhibition of paintings created by our program participants. The exhibition will be at the DC Arts Center! For more info (e.g. reception & artist talk dates and times), check out our portfolio site: artbylifepieces.org/news/exhibit...

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young man with a pair of real sneakers attached to the canvas above his head.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Title: "Family Portrait" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage One of the boys in our program who worked on this painting wrote a small description: "The only thing missing in this picture is my father." #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a family but with the father figure shown only as a dark silhouette.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Title: "Dancing Together" Medium: Acrylic-painted sewn canvas We're in the last couple of days to get one of these paintings as a canvas print! Come October, we'll have a new lineup of featured prints. artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/can... #ArtShop #collage #AcrylicPainting #TraditionalPainting

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a trio of people: the one in the middle is beating a drum, and the two on the sides are dancing. Specifically, bhangra!

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Title: "Panda Eating Bamboo" Medium: Acrylic-painted sewn canvas The boys wrote an adorable story for this painting: "There once was a panda who loved bamboo. He ate night and day. He even shared his stuff with his kids. He was a good daddy." #AcrylicPainting #TraditionalPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a panda eating bamboo.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Title: "Cool" Medium: Acrylic-painted stitched canvas A cool guy or a guy of cool colors? 🎨 #art #collage #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #TextileArt

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young Black man in cool colors like green and blue.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Title: "DC Flag" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Our September set of art prints is up on our portfolio site! You can grab this and other prints here: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/can... #ArtShop #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Title: "Street Ball" Medium: Acrylic on canvas collage We do have a few baseball players at Life Pieces! #AcrylicPainting #TraditionalPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a pair of Black boys getting ready to play baseball.

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DC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Think you’ve got the words? 👀 Scrabble players of all skill levels are welcome at MLK Library on Sept. 29, 6–8:30 p.m. Experts from CoCo Scrabble will be there with tips, tricks and plenty of wordplay. Register today: bit.ly/4cMXEjo

Scrabble Meetup invitation flyer. Text reads: "Come join us for fun word play! Scrabble Meetup welcomes players of all skill levels, including beginners. Boards will be provided, but you can bring your own. Expert players from The CoCo Scrabble will offer tips. For more information, email: firstfloormlk.dcpl@dc.gov. Tuesday, September 29, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. MLK LIBRARY." Logos for DC Public Library and CoCo.

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Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop @freemindsbookclub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"It let me know that I was being heard. It let me know that my feelings mattered." ✍️ — Rafael, Free Minds member That is exactly what Write Night is all about. Join us September 23 at 7PM. Your words go directly to the poets. RSVP: freemindsbookclub.org/event/virtual-write-night-september23/

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Title: "In Need" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Thoughts and prayers for better times ahead for us all! :,) #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a Black boy praying.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Title: "Birthday Love" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage LPTM's 30th birthday was this past June! Can you believe we've been around that long?! #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a family crowded around a birthday cake.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a childlike interpretation of the flag of Washington DC.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Title: "Each One Teach One Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Our September set of art prints is up on our portfolio site! You can grab this and other prints here: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/pap... #ArtShop #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a trio of Black boys, two standing behind the one in the middle.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Title: "Haters" Medium: Acrylic on canvas collage Who's your biggest hater? Shout 'em out in the replies! 🤪 #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a pair of Black boys. One of them is being a hater.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a pair of young Black men standing together.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Title: "Dino Run" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Our September set of art prints is up on our portfolio site! You can grab this and other prints here: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/pap... #ArtShop #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting

Colorful textile collage of a T-rex stomping through the wilds.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Title: "Panda" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage "Monch monch" #AcrylicPainting #TraditionalPainting

A colorful acrylic-on-canvas collage pieced together to form a panda munching on some bamboo.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Title: "Hip Hop" Medium: Acrylic on canvas collage The boys in our program wanted to do a piece about the frogs they saw at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. I think their frogs are even cuter than the real ones! #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a trio of frogs on lily pads.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Title: "Fist Bumping the Ancestors" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage "If you reach up with your fist, the ancestors will reach down and bump it." - The kid who made this painting

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's the last day to get LPTM's August selection of canvas and paper art prints from our portfolio and merch site! Tomorrow, we'll have a new lineup of featured prints for September! Grab one here: artbylifepieces.org/prints

6 different art prints of acrylic-painted textile collages.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Title: "Create a New World" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Canvas prints available: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/can... #ArtShop #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a globe surrounded by four hands.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Title: "DC Ant" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Designed and painted by one of the boys in our program! He had an ant farm that he was very enthusiastic about, and this is how he depicted one of its residents. #collage #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a childish rendition of an ant.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Title: "Everyone's Different III" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Tag yourself; I'm the one on the top left. #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form three columns of faces.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Title: "Urban Suburban" Medium: Acrylic on canvas collage We drive the boys in our program from their schools to our campus every day, and when program is done in the evening, we drive them home as well! One of the free perks of being in Life Pieces! #art #painting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a silhouette of a van against a nighttime cityscape backdrop.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Title: "Cricket" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Canvas prints of this painting are available here: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/can... #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a cricket player.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Title: "Studying Time" Medium: Acrylic on canvas collage "Reading is fundamental" is one of my favorite things to say. #collage #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young Black boy diligently studying a book.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Title: "Abstract I" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Abstract art pieces can mean different things to different people. Any ideas on what the boys who made this were saying here? #art #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a warm-toned abstract painting.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Title: "Building Blocks" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage This is one of our featured paper prints for August! You can get one here: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/pap... #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a pair of children playing with alphabet blocks.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Title: "Celebrate" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Prints of this painting are available here: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/pap... #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage #ArtShop

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young Black man with his hands up. Regarding this painting, the boys in our program wrote:

"We recognize the world may see us with our hands to the sky and think of gun violence or police brutality. It’s a shame we live in a world with so much violence that if a Black man has his hands up, even in celebration, our minds envision death and violence. But we’re here to connect, create, contribute, and celebrate with each other.”

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Title: "Sunshine Over the Projects" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage This painting was made by boys in our program in 1997. If you think about it, it's more than old enough to have kids, a car, and a mortgage. #collage #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form the sun in the sky backing a city skyline.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Title: "Chris" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage This is a painting of a guy named Chris. #art #collage #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a guy named Chris.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Title: "From the Pyramids to the Projects" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage A new run of art prints of paintings made by the boys we work with is up on our portfolio site through August! artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/pap... #ArtShop #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form silhouettes of a group of people against a cityscape backdrop.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Title: "Arts" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage We asked this program participant to make a gesture expressing how he feels about the arts. He gave us this! #art #collage #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young Black boy yelling about art.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Title: "Time Out" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage This is a self-portrait one of the boys in our program made over 10 years ago! #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage #art

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young Black boy sitting cross-legged as he meditates.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's the last week to get a print of this painting for the month of July! Next week, we'll be rotating out our selection for our August lineup of prints. Get one here: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/pap... #ArtShop

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Title: "Abstract Elephant" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage The boys at LPTM combined elephants with abstraction to make this "abstract elephant!" #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form an abstracted elephant.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Title: "Checkmate II" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage We have canvas prints of this painting available on our portfolio site: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/can... #ArtShop #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young Black man with a big pawn chess piece.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Title: "Meditation" Artist: Life Pieces To Masterpieces Medium: Acrylic on canvas collage "I am calm. I am at peace." (I personally am trying to channel this painting in these trying times.) #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young Black man in a meditation pose.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Title: "Brandon" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage We have canvas prints of this painting available on our portfolio site: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/can... #ArtShop #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a bust portrait of a young Black man.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Title: "Brown" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Canvas prints of this painting are available on our portfolio site: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/can... #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage #ArtShop

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a leafless tree bordered by two sunflowers and an arch of birds.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Title: "Loving" Artist: Life Pieces To Masterpieces Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage "I have learned to love myself, so that I can love you." #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a young boy doing the "Wakanda Forever" sign.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Title: "Cherry Blossoms" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage We have paper prints of this painting available through July: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/pap... #AcrylicPainting #TraditionalPainting

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a ring of floating cherry blossoms around a bright sunflower sprouting from the ground.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Title: "Abstract Shapes II" Medium: Acrylic-painted canvas collage Sometimes simple is best! This painting spearheaded by the littlest Apprentices at LPTM, is one of our featured paper prints for July: artbylifepieces.org/prints/p/pap... #ArtShop #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Title: "America, What About Your Children?" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces painted in a gritty style, then cut and sewn together to form what's almost the American flag - but simple silhouettes of children replace the usual stars.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Title: "A Bridge Between Two Worlds: Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage #art #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #collage

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a bridge spanning over the water.

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Life Pieces To Masterpieces @lifepieces.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Title: "Rook" Medium: Acrylic-painted textile collage Years ago, a college chess club dropped by and taught LPTM's program participants chess. Ever since, it's been passed down through each succeeding generation of boys, and it continues to be a hit! #TraditionalPainting #AcrylicPainting #chess

Colorfully-painted canvas pieces cut and sewn together to form a rook piece from chess.

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