Organizations We Serve

Free Arts has been a wonderful resource to the agency I work for Conerstone. The work they do makes a positive impact on the children we serve, who have lived through Domestic Violence.

Heather Guerin, Facility Staff

Free Arts Minnesota partners with a variety of non-profit social services and community empowerment organizations, whose objectives include helping children and families with the consequences of abuse.

Free Arts provides these services at no charge to partnering organizations. With limited resources to face an enormous challenge, these organizations need all the help they can get in achieving their goals.

We are committed to serving organizations for as long as they need us. Some of our partnerships have lasted for over a decade.

Free Arts Minnesota Partners with a variety of social services and community empowerment organizations. Feel Free to contact us to discuss how we can partner with you, in healing the lives of children. Or sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on the progress we are making in ending the cycle of violence.

The following is a list of our current partners, and the Free Arts Programs that are helping them achieve their goals in creating a better life for children and their families.

Boys & Girls Club- Eastside

Afterschool program serving predominantly low-income children and youth on the Eastside of St Paul
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Boys & Girls Club- Jerry Gamble

Afterschool program serving predominantly low-income children and youth on the Northside of Minneapolis
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Boys & Girls Club- Mt. Airy

Afterschool program serving predominantly low-income children and youth near Downtown St Paul
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Bridges Program

Specialized school for students with emotional behavioral disorders
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Children's Home Society & Family Services

Day treatment program for children and youth with emotional behavioral disorders
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Children's Residential Treatment Center

Residential treatment for teens with emotional behavioral disorders
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Cornerstone

Domestic abuse shelter & advocacy
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program, YES to Art Project, Strengthening Families Through the Arts and Free Arts Days

Dayton's Bluff Recreational Center

After school program serving predominantly low-income children and youth from the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood of St Paul
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Earle Brown Elementary

Free Arts Minnesota's programs focuses with at-risk children and families in crisis
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program and Strengthening Families Through the Art

Emma's Place

Permanent supportive housing for families in which one or more people has a mental illness, chemical dependency issue and has experienced homelessness
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

The Family Partnership

Therapeutic pre-school for at-risk population
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Family Service Center

Homeless shelter for families
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Headway

Day treatment program for teens with emotional-behavioral disorders
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program and YES to Art Project

Jeremiah Program

Transitional housing and supportive services for single mothers and their children
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Kaleidoscope Place

After school program for at-risk children in South Minneapolis
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

McDonough Recreation Center

After school program serving predominantly low-income children and youth from the McDonough housing area of St Paul
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Northside Child Development Center

Family-centered child care center serving predominantly low-income children and youth living in North Minneapolis
Service Provided:Weekly Mentorship Program, YES to Art Project and Free Arts Days

Oakwood Residences

Residential program for women with mental illness who are regaining custody of their children
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Omegon

Residential treatment center for teens with a chemical dependency & emotional behavioral disorder diagnosis
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

People Serving People

Homeless shelter
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Perspectives

After school program for low-income children in a St Louis Park neighbrohood
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Scheffer Recreation Center

After school program serving predominantly low-income children and youth from St Paul
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Sojourner Project

Domestic abuse shelter & advocacy
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program and Strengthening Families Through the Art

St. Anne's Place

Family homeless shelter
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

St. Joseph's Home for Children

Residential treatment facility – emergency, short and long term care
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program and Free Arts Days

St. Joseph's Home for Children Day Treatment Program

Day treatment program for at-risk elementary school children
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

The Bridge for Youth

Transitional housing and support services for homeless youth
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Tubman Family Alliance

Domestic Abuse Shelter
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program, YES to Art Project and Free Arts Days

YWCA Transitional Housing

Transitional housing for families in crisis
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program

Zanewood Recreation Center

Recreation center for predominantly low-income children in Brooklyn Park
Service Provided: Weekly Mentorship Program