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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After School Learning Hubs
Performance Art
STEAM
Visual Art
School Year
Summer
Direct to Youth
What are Learning Hubs? At our After School Learning Hubs, youth connect with peers and engage in hands-on creative activities facilitated by Dallas City of Learning community partners. Currently, After School Learning Hubs are offered at two locations: Nash Davis Recreation Center (3710 N Hampton Rd, Dallas, TX)Arts and crafts activities provided by Epic DomainThursdays
(A)LIVE
Middle School Students
Performance Art
School Year
Direct to Youth
(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
High School Students
Middle School Students
Performance Art
Visual Art
Youth Action
School Year
Direct to Youth
In Artivism, youth discover the intersection of art and activism through art exploration, community engagement, and advocacy.
Community Action Team
Young Adults
College and Career
Youth Action
Year-Round
Direct to Youth
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
High School Students
Middle School Students
Performance Art
Restorative
Visual Art
Summer
Direct to Youth
Creative Solutions is an arts-as-workforce intervention program for youth who have encountered the justice system.
