We believe that everyone is an artist.

We believe in offering a variety of classes in order to stimulate creativity and appeal to different learning styles.

We believe in allowing students an opportunity to identify with art in their own unique way.

We believe in making the arts accessible to everyone.

We believe in the art of collaboration and the importance of a final presentation to celebrate the achievement of goals and learning.

Charter Oak’s Youth Arts Institute is an exciting opportunity for students, ages 4-17 (grades PreK-12), to become involved in a variety of arts. Classes are FREE and include visual arts, music, dance and theatre! Youth Arts Institute classes will take place at Charter Oak Cultural Center. Please click here to see class descriptions and our current class schedule for details.

Registration is required, and space is limited. To receive a brochure, registration form or for more information, please contact Katie Hanley, Youth Arts Institute Director, at katie.hanley@charteroakcenter.org or Yashira Santiago, Youth Arts Institute Assistant at yashira.santiago@charteroakcenter.org or 860.249.1207.

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SPONSORS:

Our Youth Arts Institute is funded in part by

Aetna

Alexander A. Goldfarb Memorial Trust

Allied World Assurance Company

Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Bank of America

The Barnes Foundation, Inc.

J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Inc.

Cigna Foundation

The Common Sense Fund, Inc.

Community Development Block Grant funds allocated to Charter Oak Temple Restoration Association, Inc. by the City of Hartford

The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation

The Fund for Greater Hartford

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Mabel F. Hoffman Charitable Trust

The S. A. Johnson Family Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

The Knox Foundation

The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America, N.A. and Alan S. Parker, Co-Trustees

New Alliance Foundation

Charles Nelson Robinson Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

The Joseph S. Stackpole Charitable Trust

Travelers

Arts for All is funded in part by

Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Lincoln Financial

VSA and Metlife Foundation

Young Audiences Arts for Learning

Read It and Sleep is funded in part by

Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest

Other supporters include

ATG Rehab and JetBlue Airways