Uniting Communities Through the Arts
Arts Access Miami began with a bold idea: what if we stopped working in silos and started working together? In response to inequitable access in Miami Gardens, eight local arts organizations joined forces to create a unified strategy that would guarantee every student in the Carol City feeder pattern, from grades K-12, access to free, high-quality arts education. That pilot effort has since grown into a powerful movement that now includes 25 organizations, reaching over 12,970 students across 55 schools in Miami Gardens, Homestead, and South Dade every week.
Mission
A music and arts education coalition-building initiative working to identify and mobilize arts and music non-profit organizations across whole communities, one feeder pattern at a time.
Uniting communities through the arts
The mission of Arts Access Miami is to build music and arts education alliances. The goal is to identify and mobilize arts and music organizations for every child across whole communities, one feeder pattern at a time.
Arts Access Miami Impact
23,500 STUDENTS SERVED SINCE 2020
12950
STUDENTS
50
SCHOOLS + SITES
20
PARTNERED
ORGANIZATIONS
30240
HOURS
Community Outcomes
94%
Positive Youth Development
Within the 5 core capacities of PYD measurement, 94% of Arts Access students demonstrated positive outcomes in one or more.
84%
Student Enrollment in Arts Classes
When all students in the Carol City feeder pattern were given access to arts education, 84% enrolled in an arts class.
60%
Reduction In Student Absences & Tardies
Carol City schools saw a 60% reduction in absences and tardies for Arts Access students.
BACKBONE
Young Musicians Unite - Systems Change and Project Management • Hiring • Storytelling • Data • Professional Development
12 music and arts education programs, offering youth within a community access to free, high quality music programming. • Miami Gardens Alliance (19 Sites) • South Dade Alliance (19 Sites)
NETWORK
Miami Foundation. All arts education non-profits to position them for partnership and scale. • Artlook Map® • Data collected by Parliament • 50+ Organizations • Catalyst and Momentum Grantees • Social Mixers • Observation Series
Our formal partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools establishes shared goals and systems-level collaboration to embed arts education within the public school system. • Signed Letter of Understanding (LOU) formalizes partnership • Guides annual academic alignment • Supports teacher recruitment and transportation solutions • Enables shared data evaluation and strategic scaling • Anchors a 5-year joint work plan
COMMUNITY
Students, parents, and families are at the heart of Arts Access — their voices shape our programming and drive our mission forward. • Grounded in community-centered design and feedback • Programming adapts to evolving student and family needs • Builds trust through transparency, responsiveness, and inclusion • Champions youth voice and family engagement