Upturn Arts

About

Upturn Arts is a fun and creative program that teaches children from the New Orleans community to explore and build confidence in themselves as artists.

Story

Children’s classes are for ages 3-17 and include creative movement, ballet, hip hop, theater and modern dance. Adult classes for those over 18 include modern dance and ballet. Upturn Arts continues to run the Upturn Arts Kids program, a youth outreach program that offers FREE (scholarship-based) arts education to more than 300 underserved youth in New Orleans each year, at NOLA Spaces and as part of various existing after-school sites, schools, and community centers around town. Skilled master teachers and artists train students in dance, music, photography, theater, improvisation, creative writing, drumming and yoga, providing young participants with an arts education that builds self-esteem, confidence and the skills that children need to be the next generation of creative thinkers and problem solvers. The students also gain a greater knowledge of New Orleans’ rich arts culture and heritage while expanding their own individual creativity and self-expression.

Mission

Art for All!