SITAR ARTS CENTER

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS, AGES 14-24, ENGAGE IN YEAR-ROUND ARTS-BASED LEADERSHIP AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING. SITAR OFFERS THREE TIERED PROGRAMS: SITAR EMERGING ARTS LEADERS INTERNSHIPS ARE PAID, PROJECT-BASED SUMMER INTERNSHIPS FOR YOUTH IN MURAL ARTS, ARTS EDUCATION, OR MUSICAL THEATER; BLOOMBERG ARTS INTERNSHIP OFFERS YEAR-ROUND PAID INTERNSHIPS AND COLLEGE PREP FOR RISING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO SUPPORT SUCCESSFUL POST-SECONDARY TRANSITIONS WHILE DEVELOPING THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CREATIVE SECTOR AS A CAREER PATH; AND ARTS ADVANCE: CAREER STUDIOS ENGAGES OLDER YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD SKILLS FOR CAREERS IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.

ARTS AFTERSCHOOL: EVERY DAY AFTERSCHOOL, AND ON SATURDAYS, DC YOUTH CHOOSE FROM 40+ MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTS CLASSES AND PRIVATE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LESSONS TO ENROLL IN EACH SEMESTER. THE PROGRAMS ENGAGE STUDENTS FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL IN VISUAL, PERFORMING, AND DIGITAL ARTS EDUCATION. THROUGH MULTIGENERATIONAL MUSIC, ART, MOVEMENT, AND THEATER CLASSES, OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS DEVELOP PRELITERACY SKILLS, BECOME MORE SOCIALLY AWARE AND CONFIDENT, AND BEGIN THEIR PATH TO LIFELONG AND SELF ADVOCATING LEARNING. ACROSS THE SEMESTER, SCHOOL-AGED STUDENTS DEVELOP ARTISTIC SKILLS AND 21ST CENTURY LEARNING AND WORK SKILLS, AND WORK TOWARDS AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP PROJECT OR PERFORMANCE. AT THE END OF EACH SEMESTER, STUDENTS SHARE THEIR COMPLETED WORKS WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE STUDENT SHOWCASE.PROGRAMS ARE ENRICHED BY RENOWNED ARTISTIC PARTNERS SUCH AS THE DC JAZZ FESTIVAL, LEVINE MUSIC, WASHINGTON BALLET, DC YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND MORE. WHEN STUDENTS REACH 7TH GRADE, THEY CAN ENROLL IN THE SITAR EMERGING ARTS LEADERS PROGRAM WHERE THEY BEGIN TO MASTER ARTISTIC SKILLS, AND BUILD MEANINGFUL SOCIAL CONNECTIONS THROUGH WORKSHOPS, MENTORSHIPS, FIELD TRIPS TO CULTURAL VENUES AND COLLEGES, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.