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Educational Arts Programs

Arts Residencies

LEAP's arts-based residencies expand creative thinking and support positive behavior through student-centered art making and social skill-building activities integrated into classroom academics. We co-teach with classroom teachers and empower them to use the arts in their everyday classrooms. Learn more by clicking here, and see some of our programs in action below.

Our afterschool programs offer sustained participation in particular disciplines–including dance, theater, visual arts and others–that culminate in group performances, projects, and public events, while continuing to build learning and innovation skills. We address community issues through artistic expression, collaboratively produce arts performances, and so much more. Click here to learn more, and see some of our programs in action below.

Afterschool Programs

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Afterschool

In the afterschool space, we address community issues through artistic expression, collaboratively produce arts performances and shows, and so much more.

Next Narrative Monologue Program

The Next Narrative™ Monologue Competition is a national program for high school students featuring the work of contemporary Black playwrights.

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Custom Residencies

Interested in other arts education programs? We work closely with educators and schools to develop arts-integrated programs that meet custom requests.

LEAP knows that families and communities have an important role in supporting arts education in schools. Our arts-based workshops not only provide fun learning opportunities, but also offer community building and intergenerational learning experiences.

Family Drawing

Family Engagement Workshops 

LEAP OnStage

LEAP OnStage is a playwriting residency that immerses young people in storytelling, linear thinking, and creative expression. Students are introduced to the impact of theater and the thrill of performing.

Professional performing artists with a background in creative youth development provide touring performances to foster personal connections to the arts.

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LEAP Artists LIVE!

LEAP’s Public Art Program engages a social justice framework to inspire middle and high school students to express themselves on social issues through the creation and public exhibition of art.

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Public Art

LEAP Literacy

LEAP’s literacy program engages students through the arts to improve emerging and young readers’ vocabulary, speaking skills, and more. 

Tomorrow's Entreprenuers

LEAP's Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs program invites and challenges students to design and promote a service, business, or product that solves a community need. Through hands-on, real-world research and team-building experiences, students use design thinking and business modeling to explore innovation and entrepreneurship.

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