HeARTS is an initiative supported by Louisville Metro Government that supports arts programs in community centers across the city and county. HeARTS is an investment in arts as a powerful and transformational tool for healing, building trust, and community cohesion. Post-pandemic, participation in arts reduces isolation and rebuilds community networks. In the midst of an epidemic of violence and community suffering stemming from the public health crises of racism and poverty, arts are a vital strategy in a community’s fostering of empathy, conflict resolution, and positive mental health.
In 2025, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Louisville Metro Government are supporting free arts programming at 22 community centers, including Louisville Parks and Recreation Community Centers and other designated community spaces, starting in January 2025 and running through the summer.
Participation in any HeARTS program is open-ended, and participants are not required or expected to pre-register; anyone participating may join at any time. Some classes are geared to ages 6 – 18, but all programs are open to anyone interested. Programs will operate seasonally. Instructors are offering courses in music, visual art, dance, technology and various types of interpretive and applied arts.
Click here if you are a community site interested in learning more about applying for the HeARTS program. Click here if you are a Teaching Artist interested in being considered as a HeARTS resident Teaching Artist.
See below for 2025 HeARTs Programs (Details to come or available with individual sites.)
Winter Session
- Backside Learning Center (3131 S 2nd Street #389, (502) 634-6543)
- Artist Sara Noori
- Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:15 – 7:30 pm
- Jan 14 – March 6
- Beechmont Community Center (205 West Wellington Avenue, (502) 361-5484)
- Rhythm Science Sound
- Wednesdays at 6 pm
- Jan 8 – Feb 26
- Berrytown Community Center (1300 Heafer Rd, (502) 456-8148)
- Artist Anastasia Teper-Carrasquillo
- Saturdays from 1 – 4 pm
- Jan 11 – March 1
- Boys and Girl Haven (2301 Goldsmith Lane, (502) 836-6611)
- EduCulture
- Dates/Time TBA
- Heuser Hearing & Language Academy, Inc. (111 E Kentucky St, (502) 636-2084 x 1008)
- Louisville Ballet
- Thursdays from 10 – 11:30 am
- Jan 9 – March 27
- Home of the Innocents (1100 E Market St, (502) 596-1024)
- Arts Angle Vantage
- Wednesdays from 3:30 – 5:30 pm
- Jan 15 – March 5
- Portland Community Center (3621 Southern Ave, (502) 775-6598)
- Artist Rebecca Cavalcante
- Saturdays from 2 – 4 pm
- Jan 18 – March 8
- Shawnee Community Center (607 South 37th St., (502) 775-5268)
- Genesis Arts Kentucky Inc.
- (February) Dates/Time TBA
- Southwick Community Center (3621 Southern Ave, (502) 775-6598)
- Artist Ashlee Phillips
- Wednesdays & Fridays, 5 – 7 pm (Potentially Fridays from 4 – 7 pm)
- Jan 10 – March 7 (Potential change: Jan 15 – March 12)
Spring Session – Dates/Times TBA Unless Otherwise Noted
- Americana Community Center (4801 Southside Dr, (502) 366-7813 x 209)
- Douglass Community Center (2305 Douglass Blvd, (502) 456-8120)
- Louisville Center for Therapy and Personal Sustainability
- Kentucky Center for African American Heritage (1701 West Muhammad Ali Blvd, (502) 583-4100)
- Youngblood Harmonizing Arts
- Tuesdays and Fridays from 4 – 7 pm
- March 18 – May 9
- Newburg Community Center (4810 Exeter Ave, (502) 456-8122)
- Options to Success (3155 Commerce Center Place, (502) 384-0091)
- Parkhill Community Center (1703 S. 13th St, (502) 637-3044)
- Leading Ladies and Working Men
- South Louisville Community Center (2911 Taylor Blvd, (502) 574-3206)
- Friends of Nicole 50/50 Mentoring Collaborative
- Sun Valley Community Center (6505 Bethany Lane, (502) 937-8802)
- Skylar Smith & Erica Rucker
- Visually Impaired Preschool Services (1906 Goldsmith Lane, (502) 636-3207)
- Louisville Ballet
- Mondays from 8:30 – 11 am
- March 3 – May 5
Summer Session – Dates/Times TBA Unless Otherwise Noted
- California Community Center (1600 W St. Catherine St, (502) 574-2658)
- Highview Arts Center (7406 Fegenbush Lane, (502) 224-7487)
- Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
- Maryhurst, Inc. (1015 Dorsey Ln, (502) 551-1797)
- Metro Arts Community Center (8360 Dixie Hwy, (502) 937-2055)
