For Immediate Release

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Conroy Delouche
Louisville Metro GovernmentConroy.delouche@louisvilleky.gov
Tory Parker
Fund for the Arts
tparker@fundforthearts.org

Louisville, KY (January 7, 2025) — Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg is 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. This programming is offered as part of the HeARTS: Healing Through the Arts program and facilitated by Fund for the Arts.

“We are working to expand access to arts programs to our neighbors across the city,” said Mayor Craig Greenberg. “Studies have proven that exposure to art as a child can help improve academic performance and spark creativity and innovation. I’m excited to see more people take advantage of these wonderful opportunities.”

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.

“As the HeARTS program continues, we have seen the relationships between teaching artists and participants, as well as the community centers themselves, take root and blossom,” said Fund for the Arts President and CEO Andre Kimo Stone Guess. “We have heard so many stories of people finding community, rediscovering their own artistic identity, and learning new, creative ways to deal with pain and trauma. Through HeARTS, we have seen in real time how art can build healthier and more connected communities.”

Programs in 2025 will operate seasonally. Instructors are offering courses in music, visual art, dance, technology and various types of interpretive and applied arts. For more information, please contact the center of your choice.

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)
    • Side by Side
  • 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)
    • ChoZen
  • Options to Success (3155 Commerce Center Place, (502) 384-0091)
    • Healing Walls Project
  • 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)
    • Kidsview
  • Highview Arts Center (7406 Fegenbush Lane, (502) 224-7487)
    • Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
  • Maryhurst, Inc. (1015 Dorsey Ln, (502) 551-1797)
    • Rheonna Thorton
  • Metro Arts Community Center (8360 Dixie Hwy, (502) 937-2055)
    • The Little Loomhouse

ABOUT FUND FOR THE ARTS 

Fund for the Arts is a regional nonprofit with the mission to contribute to the overall health and well-being of our community by generating resources for, investing in, and supporting our local arts, artists, and arts organizations. The Fund envisions a healthy and vibrant community where everyone embraces the art that exists in our lives every day, everyone contributes to the well-being of our arts community, and it is understood that everyone belongs to the arts community. The organization facilitates the largest arts grant program in Greater Louisville and it conducts one of the two oldest united arts campaigns in the country. For more information, visit www.fundforthearts.org

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