Additional Program Profiles

Below are descriptions of after-school, summer and weekend arts and humanities programs for young people we have discovered since the original Coming Up Taller (1996) report. Many of these programs are semifinalists for the Coming Up Taller Awards.

Boston Photo Collaborative

Center for Development and Learning: SmartArt

Christina Cultural Arts Center, Inc.

City of Santa Fe Arts Commission: Community Youth Mural Program

Community Music Center

The Computer Museum: The Computer Clubhouse

The Door - A Center of Alternatives, Inc.: Bard College Course in the Humanities at The Door

Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: Youth Mentorship Program - ABCs & A.R.T.

Indianapolis Museum of Art: Community Connection

James E. Biggs Early Childhood Education Center & Children, Inc.

Kenosha Public Museum: Mayor's Youth Employment in the Arts

Levine School of Music: Levine School of Music Southeast Site

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Co.: Impact Mind-Builders

Norton Museum of Art: Progressive After School Art Community Education (PACE)

Phillis Wheatley Association: Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theatre for Youth

Point Breeze Performing Arts Center: Arts for Social Change

RAW Space: RAW Art Works

Saint Joseph Ballet

The Spot

To Make The World A Better Place: To Make The World A Better Place

Youth and Family Program: Global Artways

Young Audiences of Greater Dallas: Creative Solutions