programs
More than 4,300 young people participate in FACT's studio, public school, and community outreach programs each year. Our award-winning approach and innovative teaching method inspire youth with a range of art experiences. We welcome all students, regardless of financial circumstance, and can meet site- and population-specific needs.
ARTbarn
FACT's ARTbarn Community Studio offers visual-arts classes for young people ages 5 to 18. Opportunities are available for teen and young-adult students to exhibit work at the ARTbarn.
After-school and summer classes open to the public
View our current calendar of events and programs
Zona del Sol
FACT is pleased to announce that we have expanded our programs by adding a second community studio on the Southside!!! Our new studio is located in the Tierra Contenta neighborhood at the corner of Jaguar Dr. and Country Club Rd. (across from the Southside Public Library).
Our new Zona Community Studio will also offer visual-arts classes for young people ages 5 to 18.
After-school and summer classes at Zona are open to the public
View our current calendar of events and programs
Genoveva Chavez Community Center
FACT provides art classes for young people ages 5 to 16 as part of the Chavez Center's Summer Youth Camp.
Juntos los Jueves with Adelante
FACT provides art classes to homeless youth in collaboration with the Santa Fe Public School's Adelante program for homeless families, Juntos los Jueves, on Thursday evenings at Sweeney Elementary School throughout the school year and at the BF Young Building during the summer.
Outside In and the Detention Center
FACT brings weekly visual-arts classes to young adults ages 13 to 21 at the Santa Fe County Youth Development Program (Detention Center). Our partner, Outside In, is a local nonprofit offering music and dance education to incarcerated youth.
Youth Mural Program
FACT offers mural-making opportunities throughout the year that connect young people to their community. With support from an organization or business, FACT organizes classes and creates a site-specific mural as a public art piece. FACT mural sites include A Salon, The Lensic Theater, a 950-foot-long community mural that surrounds the Jacob Martinez neighborhood on Santa Fe's Southside, and triangular mural panels that beautify the property of the Zona del Sol Youth and Family Center.
For more information on our mural projects or to inquire about opportunities, contact Elizabeth at FACT -- 992-2787, ecrumpler@artsmartnm.org.
ARTreach
Weekly in-school classes
Our semester-based arts-learning program serves kindergarten through sixth-grade children at elementary schools in Santa Fe, Española, and other regional school districts. Guided by New Mexico State Standards and Benchmarks, our hands-on lessons meet developmental needs of specific age groups and reinforce each school's academic goals.
ARTteach
Professional development for public-school teachers
and arts educators
Related to ARTreach, our professional-development workshops help integrate visual-arts learning into the classroom. FACT instructors train teachers during scheduled in-service work days and through ARTreach classroom experiences.
ARTclub
Weekly after-school classes
Our after-school program serves kindergarten through sixth-grade children. Semester-based classes run for one to three hours during the academic year at selected Santa Fe public elementary schools and community centers.
ARTcamp
Weekly/daily summer programs
Our summer programs offer daily and weekly morning or afternoon artmaking classes at public elementary schools.
Saturday Workshops
FACT currently offers afternoon workshops for Teens on the second Saturday of every month from 1-5pm. See our calendar for information on workshop themes and instructors.
Teen Mural Projects
FACT offers mural-making opportunities throughout the year that connect young people to their community. With support from an organization or business, FACT organizes classes and creates a site-specific mural as a public art piece. FACT mural sites include A Salon, The Lensic Theater, a 950-foot-long community mural that surrounds the Jacob Martinez neighborhood on Santa Fe's Southside, and triangular mural panels that beautify the property of the Zona del Sol Youth and Family Center.
For more information on our mural projects or to inquire about opportunities, contact Elizabeth at FACT -- 992-2787, ecrumpler@artsmartnm.org.
Attention, Creative Teens!
FACT's ACT Team
About the ACT Team
FACT's ACT Team (Attention Creative Teens) is the teen advisory board of FACT, created by a group of middle and high school aged FACT students in order to call attention to the programs FACT has to offer teens in Santa Fe. The ACT Team exists with the goal of impacting more young lives through art by making FACT's programs known to more students and allowing students to determine what their art classes, exhibitions and events look like. The group works together to determine teen programming, plan exhibitions and events for teens, and work on special projects that recently included creating the decor for the NM Centennial Ball.
Mission Statement
"The ACT team's mission is to help people to become aware of and involved in FACT so that they may become empowered through the arts, and to design projects and workshops that will engage children and youth in the arts in our community."
Help us get our ACT together!!!
Interested in joining the ACT Team? Call Elizabeth at 992-2787 or email
ecrumpler@artsmartnm.org for more information.
Check back soon for more information on adult programs at FACT!
