All Kids Included - Youth Arts in the Parks

About the Program

Category: Children and Youth (Best in Category)

Year: 2015

Youth Arts in the Parks is an inclusive, socially-oriented, sequential arts instruction program for children and youth ages 6-17 with and without disabilities (youth with disabilities are welcome up to age 22). This fun and educational program teaches kids of all abilities visual arts or creative expression in a social setting, led by professional artists/art teachers, certified instructors and disability experts. This model program is a unique collaborative partnership between the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Disability Services and Arts for Learning/Miami, the Miami affiliate of Young Audiences. Youth Arts in the Parks was piloted at a single program site in southwest Miami-Dade County in Fall 2011 (visual arts) and was expanded to a second site in central Miami-Dade County in Spring 2012 (dance), and to a third site in north Miami-Dade County in Fall 2012 (visual arts). Youth Arts in the Parks is currently offered in the fall and spring at the following locations: • Visual Arts: Camp Matecumbe, 13841 SW 120 ST (Southwest Miami-Dade) • Visual Arts: Highland Oaks Park, 20300 NE 24 AVE, Miami (Central Miami-Dade) • Creative Expression: Miller Drive Park, 5510 SW 94 CT, Miami (North Miami-Dade)