AACA provides performances, workshops, and artist residencies to area youth at little to no cost to schools or families— some occur at The Arts Center and some happen at local schools. AACA also offers ongoing, tuition-based extracurricular arts opportunities and some free workshops. Please scroll to learn more about our arts education offerings and how to register. Click the red links for more information.
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Upcoming Events for YOUTH
Arts education FIELD TRIP opportunities
Travel expenses for AACA programs – or admission to any eligible arts and cultural activity – may be funded by Tennessee Arts Commission’s Student Ticket Subsidy. Applications open in August and funds are limited.
Field trip opportunities are available on a first-come, first-served basis for Athens City and McMinn County Schools and will be posted here as they are available.
Arts programming AT YOUR SCHOOL
Appalachian Folk Culture with Jim Brooks is a 45-minute storytelling program. Registration ongoing.
Story Time with an Arts Ambassador is a 45-minute story & art activity program. Registration ongoing.
Theatre Leaders will teach projection, collaboration, and critical thinking through theatre games. Registration ongoing.
Beloved tradition brings a KSO ensemble to your school. Registration closed.
AACA has a long history of providing arts opportunities in local schools. We will post opportunities for the current school year here as they become available.
Scholarship, grant, and funding opportunities
Need-based scholarships for AACA programs to participants 17 years old or younger for camps and tuition-based programs such as Childrens’ Choir. Support for the Marian Biddle Trew Scholarship Fund comes from individual donors, Kiwanis Club of Athens, and McMinn County Education Foundation.
Applications available upon request.
AACA’s arts education programming is made possible by our premiere sponsors, Tennessee Arts Commission, and supported by AACA Arts Partners.