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.
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, 81% 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.
• 2 alliances • 4 municipalities • 38 schools + sites • 10 organizations • 11,000 students • 2 youth music festivals
• 165+ arts organization form part of this network • Social Mixers: Networking opportunities for arts organizations to meet and collaborate • Observation Challenge: gives organizations the opportunity to identify areas of internal growth
Systems change and project management through Young Musicians Unite. • Management • Hiring • Storytelling • Data • Professional development
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
(M-DCPS)
M-DCPS establishes educational guidelines yearly that guide and shape Alliance efforts
Community
One Voice - Students & Parents At the end of the day, everything we do is FOR the communities we serve. It is important to be receptive and adapt programming and services offered so it is reflective of their changing needs and wants.