Abuse is no excuse not to perform- in the arts
Allens Lane Art Center brings a diverse community together to experience and support the arts. Allens Lane provides discount programs to help reach families of diverse economic circumstances, and scholarships for local homeless children with art instruction, supplies, and field trips.
Philadelphia, PA
Angels of America’s Fallen The mission of AOAF is to help children of our fallen develop into strong and successful adults by providing them with positive mentoring and developmental activities when they are at their most crucial developmental phase of life.
Colorado Springs, CO
The Phoenix Rising Program is a creative arts program aligned with the three principles of expression, connection, and transformation through poetry and spoken word. The curriculum is designed to empower struggling youth to express their creative genius through metaphor, symbolism, and storytelling, and expose them to a language based on self-affirmation and belief in a successful future.
Denver, CO
Art Students League of Denver provides funding for afterschool art enrichment at nine Denver Public Schools, all of which have high percentages of low-income, at-risk populations, where at least 50% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Teen Studio Night is a year-round drop-in program for young artists ages 14-17.
Denver, CO
The Art on the Move program launched in 2019 and reached 4,500 youth in school grades K-12 and age 3-6 years at community Centers. Serves Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties.
New Albany, IN
ARTsmart supports children’s academic, social and emotional wellbeing with exciting visual arts curriculum that empowers and transforms lives by teaching art, literacy, and life skills. This program provides instruction for approximately 300 students in at-risk, rural, Title 1 New Mexico schools.
Santa Fe, NM
Asian Arts Initiative advances racial equity and understanding, activates artists, youth, and their communities grounded in the diverse Asian American experience. AAI is a community-based arts center in Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Established in 1988, the Youth Arts Workshop (YAW) is a year-round arts education program for youths 11 -14. The goal is to empower youth to use visual arts to share their stories.
Philadelphia, PA
BackStory Theatre provides scholarships for youths 5-18 to develop acting and performance expertise while building important life skills such as confidence, leadership, communication, and teamwork. Classes build from imaginative play-based activities emphasizing literacy for young students to increasingly sophisticated skill-based acting classes for advanced students.
Broomfield, CO
Barnstone Art For Kids offers kids a one-to-one mentor to encourage creativity, team building, choice and individual growth. The Power of Art includes a creative full-year curriculum that encourages the development of healthy life skills by pairing each child with a compassionate mentor to explore art in a safe and positive environment. The program supports the development of communication and social skills, adaptive problem solving, self-awareness and confidence.
Phoenixville, PA
Beyond Bars began as a music program to serve youth who have been incarcerated, or are children of those incarcerated. Over the last four and a half years Beyond the Bars has served over 350 students and expanded to run six ongoing weekly programs that serve some of the city’s most vulnerable students.
Philadelphia, PA
Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne operates five club sites with over 500 youth each day. More than 70% are from single-parent and foster homes. Students are from low-income, racially diverse neighborhoods where substance abuse, unemployment, and violent crimes are the highest in the city. The sewing and design classes are the most popular at the five sites.
Fort Wayne, IN
BuildaBridge International provides programs for youth in some of the poverty-stricken and underserved neighborhoods using the transformative power of visual and performing art. BuildaBridge envisions a world where art-making fosters resilience, self-efficacy, and hopeful visions for the future. Currently building a digital platform to continue work despite pandemic limitations.
Philadelphia, PA
Canyon Concert Ballet’s mission is to expand, nourish, and enrich the artistic opportunities in classical dance through training and performance. The school, known for stellar performances with gorgeous choreography, teaches the dancers teamwork and the joy of dance. CCB believes financial limitations should not be an obstacle to dance, so they provide key outreach opportunities.
Fort Collins, CO
Celebrate the Beat provides the highest quality in-school and after-school dance programs for all children that improve their physical health and well-being, inspires them to believe in themselves, and establishes a standard of excellence that impacts all aspects of their lives. Founded in 2000 with a mission to reach at-risk and disadvantaged youth and to change the trajectory of their lives. CTB brings dance and movement classes to over 5,000 underserved students in Metro Denver annually.
Denver, CO
Cherry Creek Arts Festival is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to provide access to art experiences and support arts education in Colorado. The program’s mission is to provide access to art experience and to support art education in Colorado. By partnering with schools and community centers that serve low-income and at-risk youth, CA distributes art-making materials to kids who would otherwise not have the resources.
Denver, CO
Claude McNeal’s Musical Theatre serves 15,000 program participants annually in four different education theater programs. Youth and the Arts (YATA) is based on the principle that the arts are an essential component in preparing young people intellectually, physically, and emotionally. These include free workshops in musical theater and acting for 30 high-school students. Youth and the Arts (YATA) is based on the principle that the arts are an essential component in preparing young people intellectually, physically, and emotionally.
Indianapolis, IN
CMDance offers programming during the school day and after school, removing barriers for participation, especially for low-income kids. Programming is concentrated in economically disadvantaged communities with 80% of the children participating qualifying for the school lunch program. These dance classes are often the students’ first exposure to dance, igniting a newfound passion for dance through programming that no other organization is providing in the area.
Denver, CO
Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra’s mission is to provide access to musical understanding, fostering social growth, self-esteem, and a lifelong love of music for all aspiring musicians. Miles High Strings is a CYSO program offered at no cost to youth-at-risk elementary and middle school youth music education and the ability to learn an instrument. The program provides students with lessons, instruments, and books at no cost.
Denver, CO
Commonwealth Youth Choir is a choral education program Transforming young lives through the power of making music together Funding would support the FYI (Find Your Instrument) Program for children from low-income families. All of the students in FYI! Schools qualify for a free lunch program and are considered under-resourced.
Philadelphia, PA
Creative Strategies for Change’s mission is to mobilize arts and education for social justice through consulting, professional development, community and youth programs. CSC is driven by the vision of thriving, vibrant communities that are rich in arts, culturally responsive, socially just, and sustained by restorative systems. Rooted in the “CSC 3” model of social justice frameworks, art engagement, and restorative practices, Working primarily in Title I schools with low-income communities of color, the arts are utilized to build 21st-century learning skills, including cross-cultural understanding, collaboration, creative leadership, communication, and critical thinking.
Denver, CO