The Museum School: Outreach Programs of the Arkansas Arts Center Museum work with 16 sites in the greater Little Rock area to develop hands-on, responsive arts programming primarily in the visual arts. Working with each site, the director of the Museum School and a faculty member help determine specific goals for the site. Once a faculty match is made, that artist works with the site contact to decide on Program content, on recruitment and on the nature and frequency of youth participation. For instance, at a homeless shelter, staff wanted to give participants some sense of control over their environment. As a result, the art project focused on constructing boxes and environments within these boxes. Sites include a variety of organizations serving at-risk populations: shelters for battered women, teen mothers and homeless families; youth organizations; a housing authority; an alternative school for delinquent youth and a variety of multipurpose social service centers. David Bailin, director of the Museum School, believes that the Programs have improved his organization: "The community respects the Arts Center as a good neighbor. It promotes the feeling that art can have a place in the well-being and health of the community; it does enhance and enrich the lives of our children, youth and families."