For Students K—12

After-School Programs

BAM helps teens develop critical tools for experiencing art in after-school programs. These free programs cover a range of interests, from critical viewing and writing about performance and film, to dancing and choreography, to examining issues of social justice.

After-school programs are taught by arts professionals and include opportunities to experience performances by professional visiting companies. All programming is tailored to meet city and state learning standards and the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts.

Supported by
The David Rockefeller Fund

Young Critics

Grades 10-12

Young Critics

Young Critics welcomes students who share a passion for writing and a curiosity about the arts. The program offers instruction in critical writing and includes attendance of a Next Wave Festival performance.

Young Film Critics

Love movies? Young Film Critics fosters lively discussions about cinema and sharpens critical writing skills. The program includes visits from writers and other film professionals, and an anthology of student reviews is published at the end of the program.

Arts and Justice

Grades 9—12

Arts and Justice

Students develop their artistic and critical thinking skills in this program that helps them to examine social justice in their communities and view public spaces as a community-centered outlet.

Supported by
Constans Culver Foundation

Dancing Into the Future

If you dance—or simply want to, Dancing into the Future is a chance to get instruction from a roster of esteemed professional artists. Drawing on a range of techniques and styles, a professional choreographer helps students to create and perform original works.