Art Education
Empowering youth to be leaders through artmaking
Empowering youth to be leaders through artmaking
We believe we have the responsibility to inspire the next generation of leaders, and we strive to ensure that the possibilities are endless. Art Education students have opportunities to:
The Art Education program helps students across the city unlock their creative capacities, inviting them to take risks, share their experiences, and illustrate the world as they see it. Art becomes a platform for discovery, launching the types of personal and communal experiences that can shape a student’s path for years to come. We provide both in-school and after-school arts-based programming for over 2,000 students at 25 sites across Philadelphia each year, studying everything from entrepreneurship to environmental stewardship through an artistic lens.
Alexus Tucker, Former Emerging Muralists Participant Enroll TodayArt making is no longer about being the best or just having a great skill to show off, it is about using this talent that I have to make a difference in a world bigger than myself.
100% graduation rate for seniors enrolled in Art Education programming
Students spent over 4,800 hours in the classroom with Mural Arts in one year
92% of graduating high school seniors go on to college
For more information on Art Education or any individual Art Education project, please contact administrative manager Natalie Gearin at natalie.gearin@muralarts.org or 215-685-0726.