Class Teachers:
Live Art is led by SPARC’s full-time faculty, wonderful teaching artists, and compassionate student support team.
*Teachers subject to change.
Dates/Location:
Students who are selected to join Live Art attend class at SPARC once per week, on Thursdays or Saturdays.
Grades:
5th through 12th Grade
Program Description:
Live Art is a performing arts program for students with and without disabilities. Each year, students hone artistic talents in a neurodiverse community while building friendships, skills, and an appreciation of each other’s strengths through experiential education in a variety of performing arts classes.
Live Art is an expression of SPARC’s commitment to accessibility, creating a culture of artistic exploration rooted in compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy.
STUDENTS
In Live Art, we strive to create an environment in which each student’s artistic gifts are recognized and needs are met.
We endeavor to celebrate the students for who they are, as they are, while being a safe harbor in which they can grow, collaborate, imagine and create.
We hope the students find in the arts the ground in which they cultivate a world accessible for all people in our community.
CLASSES
Live Art classes meet weekly for nine months. Most students participate in one class.
Each class is a neurodiverse community led by teaching teams of teaching artists and special educators with the goal of transcending traditional educational silos. Building on skills and collaborating as artists, students and teaching teams showcase their work in a culminating performance.
Through exploration of artistic disciplines, Live Art stimulates social and emotional learning, fostering peer groups that accept each other exactly as they are. And through Live Art, young people thrive.
CORE VALUES
At their core, all Live Art classes have the values of CARE: compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy.
Through the years, CARE has become the bridge between performing arts and real-world preparation for Live Art students.
The students imbue CARE into their lives, extending beyond the Live Art classroom and into the wider Richmond community.
The People:
Live Art is for young people ages 10-18. All learning levels & capabilities are welcome here!
Live Art classes are taught by teams of teaching artists—professionals in their artistic fields—and special educators. These teams work together to create accessible, challenging, and enriching artistic lessons.
How to Get Involved:
Click the button below to complete the interview registration form. We will contact those who complete the form for a brief interview.
Behind the Scenes:
