Foluké Cultural Arts Center
“The ARTS, One of the most valuable tools for building relationships and community”
Vision & Mission
Foluké Arts is committed to making performing arts and arts education available to all.
Building self-esteem, discipline and a drive for excellence among at-risk children and youth through dance, drama and voice training, and arts education. Providing professional performance opportunities for program participants, and enhancing an appreciation for cultural an ethnic diversity. The goal is to instill discipline, self-pride and self-confidence through self-expression and self-discovery. The vision is to provide arts services with focus and commitment to the Greater Cleveland area and the Central Promise Neighborhood, utilizing the arts to serve as a catalyst for academic achievement, socio-economic development and community pride.
The Impact of Arts Education
— ARTS Programming Helps Children Develop
- Creativity
- Confidence
- Problem Solving
- Perseverance
- Focus
- Non-Verbal Communication
- Receiving Constructive Feedback
- Collaboration
- Dedication
- Accountability
ARTS impact on communities has a tri-fold effect: Economic, Social and Cultural. Creative tools for community engagement include innovative visual arts techniques, story-telling, social networking technology, exhibits, music, performances, festivals, and community gatherings.
Economic
Economic input means wages to employees from the community, and general public spending money to attend events.
Cultural
Builds community identity and pride that leads to positive community norms.
Social
People come together who might not otherwise come in contact with each other, and reduced neighborhood crime and delinquency.
These programs and studies demonstrate that
- Not only are the arts fun for children, they help keep children in school and working to learn.
- Not only do the arts require self-discipline, creativity, and confidence to succeed, but these and other important habits stay with students and help them succeed, in other areas of school, life, and work.
- Not only do the arts represent many ways of experiencing and understanding the world, but they actually help develop the many types of intelligences that all people possess and use all the time.
- Not only do the arts remove boundaries and allow students to explore aspects of life around them in new ways, but connecting the arts with other disciplines like math, reading and writing, or science often helps students learn about, comprehend, and value those disciplines as well.
FolukeArts COVID-19 Protocols
Greetings! We hope that you and your family are well, and in good spirits. We have put in place sanitization protocols to protect our staff and persons entering the building. Foluke COVID-19 Safety Protocols (pdf)
Sponsors, Partners, and Affiliations
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Private contributions allow us to continue serving the youth and community of Cleveland. Your tax deductible donation is greatly appreciated. Please make your donations payable to Foluké Cultural Arts Center. Thank you!
