Since its founding in 1939, the Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) has worked with local schools and community groups to provide arts programs for young students. Eleven years ago, the Center began an Outreach Program to serve at-risk youth. Cutbacks in public school arts programs and an interest in extending the scope of its art school and gallery sparked this effort. HPAC now partners with youth organizations and schools to build relationships with, and design programs for, each site. At a community learning center, 1 of 20 sites, a 20-week program for 6- to 11-year-old children meets for 11/2 hours each week. Children work on a variety of projects. Recent projects included creating a Black History Month quilt that stitched together images of historical figures and of the participants themselves; building personal boxes inspired by the work of artist Bettye Saar; and producing Earth Day paintings, drawings and comic books. At another site, where youth are engaged in multimedia projects that encourage imaginative thinking, group interaction and self-awareness, students created artworks from found objects and clay. In another project, students created a collage of footprints showing places they would like to visit. These arts workshops meet anywhere from 1 day to 20 weeks, with most lasting 10 weeks. In partnership with two elementary schools and four arts organizations, the Center also is working on a 5-year initiative to integrate arts instruction into the school curriculum.