Providence CityArts for Youth

Our Mission: The mission of Providence CityArts! for Youth Inc. is to provide free professional art-based education and training to Providence youth in a fully developed community-based arts center that reflects, encourages, and promotes the rich ethnic diversity of Providence, our capital city. CityArts mission is to ensure our capital citys most challenged youth access to quality arts programsunhindered by socio-economic barriers, and celebrating the arts as a means to youth empowerment, community building, and social change. Our History: CityArts! began its work in 1992, with a summer camp assembled by a handful of neighborhood social service agencies, families, and community leaders. The camp was an initial response to the communitys critical need for positive programs to engage youth during out-of-school time. This need persists, and significant demand for CityArts! programs has resulted in year-round after-school and summer classes which now serve hundreds of youth a...