Upturn Arts

Summer camp: Upturn Arts held a 10-week summer Arts camp at their onsite location in the central city neighborhood. This camp offered 206 opportunities (1 opportunity = 30 hours of art) to nola families; of which 54% received a creartive grant. A total of 25 teaching artists were trained and hired alongside 3 full time lead instructors and 1,600 hours of Arts instruction offered. Over 3,000 meals were served, and 1,000 volunteer hours logged. Additionally, Upturn Arts partnered with elan academy to offer Arts instruction to 120 students for 400 hours.

Afterschool classes: Upturn Arts partnered with two local charter schools to provide in-school and afterschool art programs at the following schools: kipp central city (bucket drumming afterschool) and homer plessy (mural design and photography in-school). Classes are offered on a weekly or daily to approximately 100 students in elementary and middle school; all students attended at no cost. Each program culminates in a school wide performance or presentation.

Holiday camp: Upturn Arts offered 11 days of holiday camp at their onsite location. These camps provided 118 opportunities to new orleans families; with 28% of students receiving a creartive grant to attend. Classes were offered to ages 4-12. Holiday camps included: fall, thanksgiving, and winter break.

Art therapy: we have also maintained our relationship with whole village art therapy to offer tailored staff training, general on-site intervention, and individualized support for our participants with special needs. Our staff received 8 hours of art therapy training they can use in the classroom, and we had a part time therapist on staff. 7% of ua students are considered special needs and we were able to integrate them into the classroom with their peers by instituting behavior plans developed by our art therapists.