Classes & Events FOR YOUTH

Hip Hop Dance
Watercolor Painting
Aerial Performance
Theater
Contemporary/ Modern Dance

Youth Arts CLASSES

Apr
4
2024
TO
May
28
2024
Tuesdays & Thursdays I April 4- May 28
Apr
1
2024
TO
May
20
2024
Mondays April 1- May 20, 2024
Apr
8
2024
TO
May
21
2024
Mondays & Tuesdays | April 8,- May 21, 2024
Apr
22
2024
TO
May
30
2024
Mondays OR Thursdays | April 22- May 30, 2024
Two Classes Available!
Apr
16
2024
TO
Jun
4
2024
• 8 Classes: April 16, 23, 30 / May 7, 14, 21, 28 / June 4
Mar
4
2024
TO
Apr
18
2024
Mondays OR Thursdays | March 4, - April 18, 2024
Two Classes Available! PLEASE NOTE AGE GROUPS
Jun
10
2024
TO
Jul
26
2024
Monday-Friday 9-12
Jun
10
2023
TO
Aug
2
2024
Jun
10
2024
TO
Aug
2
2024
Jun
17
2024
TO
Jul
19
2024
Monday- Friday
2 Sessions available!
Jul
22
2024
TO
Jul
26
2024
June 24-28 1-4pm & July 22-July 26 9-12pm

Youth Arts EVENTS

Apr
12
Fri | 6:00pm

The Princess & the Pea

Apr
14
Sun | 12:30pm

The Princess and the Pea

Apr
14
Sun | 5:30pm

The Princess and the Pea

Apr
20
Sat | 2:00pm

Auditions for Matilda

Center Studios | 2-4 PM | Ages 8-14
Apr
21
Sun | 2:00pm

Auditions for Matilda

Center Studios | 2-4 PM | Ages 8-14

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Youth Arts

ABOUT OUR YOUTH ARTS PROGRAMS

With four schools within walking distance, we are truly at “The Center” and excited to offer even more options for local students During the pandemic, The Center has created more programs to support working families and children in the community. We continue to adapt and expand our Youth Arts Education programs to enrich the lives of students of all ages.

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Family Fun Day

Offered three times a year, these are free all-day events geared toward families and introduces many young children in our community to their first-ever arts experience. We offer families the opportunity to participate in healthy art-based activities together, such as face painting, crafts, and a balloon artist and other fun entertainment.

The Main Stage Playmakers

New to The Center’s programming in this past year, The Main Stage Playmakers aims to provide a theater experience for children ages 7-15, and presents 3 productions a year.

Summer Camps & Seasonal Classes

Our Youth Arts Education Program provides in-person and virtual summer camp opportunities for kids to participate in a wide range of professionally guided and instructed art programs.

The fall, winter and spring sessions includes new daytime classes to help fill the gap for students during independence study time and added classes when hybrid classrooms are not in session.

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We Have Scholarships available!

Thanks to our Youth Arts Sponsors and anonymous private donors, we are proud to offer $10,000 in Scholarships for Summer Camps and Seasonal Classes in order to increase access to the arts for youth in our community.

APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP NOW >

Student Matinee Series

We began a new Student Matinee Series and are working with teachers to provide them study guides and access to quality theatrical productions. Produced in Partnership with the California Arts Council these programs are currently delivered online and provide educational entertainment for students in the classroom or at home.

THANK YOU! to our Youth Arts Sponsors!

The newly renovated building offers a more flexible space and will enable us to expand and improve our Youth Arts Education programs. During the pandemic, The Center has created more programs to support working families and children in the community. We continue to adapt and expand our Youth Arts Education programs to enrich the lives of students of all ages. From Family Fun Day to after school programs and summer camps, The Center offers Youth Arts Education to support the local school district, stepping in to provide a creative curriculum throughout the year.

Youth Arts News

Arts Education

Spring Registration is Open for Youth Arts Education at The Center

Registration is open for youth art classes at The Center for the Arts.  Spring sessions start the first week in April. Students ages 8 to 14 can take part in Artmaking, Hip Hop, Theater Dance, and Aerial Arts. Classes of ten students or less meet twice a week at The Center located in downtown Grass Valley. Full and partial scholarships are available.

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Engaging Kids in the Arts in March

The Center for the Arts continues to bring important youth programming to our community during this challenging time. The Center is teaming up with Music in the Mountains to produce a world music program and virtual choir and, also, presenting a virtual theater production with the support of The California Arts Council. Both programs are free.

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