ArtWorks! is a vital community art center serving the residents and artists of Southeastern Massachusetts. Our goal is to create an accessible environment which promotes participation in the arts through exhibitions and education. ArtWorks! strives to collaborate with diverse cultural groups to spark community engagement.

Books of Hope (BOH) is a literacy empowerment program that brings creative writing and spoken word workshops to at-risk, urban and immigrant youth in the communities where they live. Our mission is to develop the next generation of poets and writers. Through BOH, youth ages 13-23 learn to express themselves through the power of their own written and spoken words. BOH offers youth the opportunity to write, publish, and sell their own books of which they receive a portion of the book sales. For information about Books of Hope, contact Soul Brown, BOH Director at 617-640-0252 or booksofhopema@gmail.com.

For over 60 years, BCT has served as one of the region’s premier not-for-profit theaters. Named Best of Boston of Boston® by Boston Magazine for Best Children’s Theatre, BCT’s mission is to provide access to exceptional theatrical experiences dedicated to fostering the artistic and personal development of diverse youth, with a focus on professional training and the development of new works. Programs at Boston Children’s Theatre provide a unique chance for self-discovery and individual expression in a supportive and productive environment. At BCT, talented and motivated students gather from across traditional boundaries and nationalities to learn about themselves, each other, and the world, as they create some of the finest theatrical productions in New England.

Grub Street throws open its doors one Saturday each month, offering FREE creative writing workshops to Boston-area teenagers, ages 14 to 18. We also host intensive paid teen writing camps and a Summer Teen Writing Fellowship, which immerses high school students in the writer's life of creative craft and publishing. Our summer fellows work with published authors on original prose and poetry, meet with literary agents and editors, take field trips to inspirational locales like the ICA, and much more.

Press Pass TV is an award-winning organization that uses the power of media arts to provide meaningful education and employment for youth living in under-served neighborhoods. We offer creative outlets as an alternative to violence, teach life-sustaining skills and empower communities to find shared solutions and envision a better world.

RAW ignites the desire to create and the confidence to succeed in youth. RAW’s continuum of FREE arts groups for kids and teens age 6-19 empowers and supports them as they explore their identity and overcome their challenges – all through the arts.

Through artistic collaboration Youth Leaders are challenged to create works of Arts that take place both within institutional spaces and in the community. The Latino Cultural Arts will explore the importance of Cultural identity through the exploration of different Latino Cultures by using an artistic expression. Work together to promote diversity, social justice and community change through murals, installations, visual arts, music, poetry, performance and site & responsive art.