Dreams of Wilmington

Dreams offers classes in the literary, visual and performing arts. In addition, Dreams offers several distinct initiatives: youth entrepreneurship, which provides students with a much-needed income stream through artwork sales and paid performances; student internship, in which Dreams employs a select group of older students at the Dreams center, teaching them real-world job skills; public art, which instills a sense of public service by empowering students to give back the community; teen council, in which older students are given a leadership role within the organization; and visiting artists, which broadens students' artistic horizons. The interplay of these initiatives serves to address the "whole child- and guide the development of productive, engaged youth.