Our Work
Programs
Our programs offer arts and creative learning opportunities to youth ages 4-24, equipping them with practical skills and meaningful connections.
To expand access to similar opportunities, our Learning Systems initiative unites community organizations in a collaborative network that amplifies our impact.
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(A)LIVE
School Year
Performance Art
Direct to Youth
Middle School Students
(A)LIVE is a campus and hub-based after-school poetry club that builds youth's interpersonal skills, sparks their creativity, strengthens their poetic technique, and equips them to with the verbal vision to design their own future.
Artivism
School Year
Performance Art
Visual Art
Youth Action
Direct to Youth
High School Students
Middle School Students
In Artivism, youth discover the intersection of art and activism through art exploration, community engagement, and advocacy.
Community Action Team
Year-Round
College and Career
Youth Action
Direct to Youth
Young Adults
Big Thought’s Community Action Team provides civic engagement opportunities, career workshops, relationship-building experiences, and resources to current and past program participants.
Creative Solutions
Summer
Performance Art
Restorative
Visual Art
Direct to Youth
High School Students
Middle School Students
Creative Solutions is an arts-as-workforce intervention program for youth who have encountered the justice system.
Dallas City of Learning
Year-Round
STEAM
Learning Systems
Elementary School Students
High School Students
Middle School Students
Young Adults
Dallas City of Learning is a citywide initiative to ensure all students have access to high-quality summer learning programs that stem summer learning loss.
