Rebel Arts

Mission and History

Rebel Arts Movement Center empowers youth & adults through instruction in acrobatics, tumbling, and aerial arts by catering to each individual need and providing a space for authenticity. We strive to increase accessibility to these art forms for Black & Brown communities by addressing existing barriers with assistance from our community. Founded in Kensington in the year of 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic by a Dance/Movement Therapist, we served local residents and organizations to provide trauma informed creative programming. It is our belief that movement can be a tool for healing to address common stressors that impact residents of Philadelphia. We started off servicing over 25 youth programs in Philadelphia, from there we obtained our studio providing programs to promote health & wellness to youth and adults, and adding mental health group services to nonprofit programs. Rebel Arts is where creativity and wellness collide.

Grant Summary

Last year, we were able to see the impact of having funded creative arts programs for youth in Kensington and how significant the experience was for participants, this year we hope to reach more youth and focus on adolescents. The funds from this grant will be used to cover tuition for 25 adolescent youth in Kensington for the 2023-2024 year. This year we also want to expand offerings to including acrobatics, aerial arts, and creative movement. Circus and aerial arts are not typically accessible in Kensington so this will help us provide instruction at a low cost. It also increases accessibility for students in this community to engage in performing arts. At the end of the program, students will participate in a performance for the community. We will be able to monitor the success of the program by monitoring growth of students. It is our hope that this will allow students to continue training and access more opportunities for high school admissions and an increase in stress management. This program will impact minority youth ages 9-15 who are from low-income households under $40,000 a year annually living in the Kensington area. Knowing our target community, we have done our best to develop trauma informed instruction and creating events for family engagement.

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