DREAMS Center for Arts Education

Overview
Headquarters: 
Wilmington, NC, USA
Website: 
givetodreams.org
Size: 
11-50 employees
Founded: 
1997
Annual Budget : 
$500,000-1M
Areas of Focus: 
Arts / Culture / Humanities
Youth / Children
Populations Served: 
Children and Youth
Urban
About Us
Mission: 

The mission of DREAMS is to create a culture of confidence for youth and teens through equitable access to arts education supported by the values of respect, family, and community.

Programs: 

At DREAMS Center for Arts Education, we believe every child has the right to creative self-expression and should be given the opportunity to grow into the person that they are and wish to become – trying new things in a supportive space where they are encouraged to take creative risks, embrace their inner uniqueness, and reach for the stars. The arts are foundational to the well-being and personal growth of all people, and we believe every barrier to access and participation should be removed,
especially for youth and teens. 

Afterschool (ages 8 - 17)

Our high quality, multi-disciplinary arts program is free of charge and held Monday through Thursday on our campus from 3:30 until 6:30 pm.

We offer classes in visual and performing arts that include such favorites as pottery, dance, digital arts, theatre, music and much more!

Dance Theatre of DREAMS (ages 11 – 17 )

DTD is a pre-professional dance company whose members are ages 11 – 17 and join by audition. DTD dancers travel to the UNCSA Festival of Dance every year and receive professional instruction from resident Teaching Artists as well as professional dance instructors from all over the world.

Teen Council (ages 13 - 17)

Teen Council is a program for 13-17 year old DREAMers who wish to improve their leadership skills and make a positive impact on the community. Teen Council members do community service projects and focus on social justice issues while enjoying socializing with like minded teens and positive adult role models.

Homeschool (ages 8 - 17)

Our Homeschool Program is offered during the Spring and Fall semesters. Students in our homeschool program join us for 8 weeks, meeting once a week on Thursdays from 11:30am – 1:45pm. Students can take two 1 hour long classes classes each session with a break in-between classes (Snack provided). These classes do have tuition on a sliding scale with options for families to sign up for discounts or free programming.

Big dreams thrive here!

 

Awards & Accolades: 
In 2007, DREAMS received the Coming Up Taller Award, given annually by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities to the nation's top after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs.
Why Work For Us?: 

This is the right time for the right leader for DREAMS Center for Arts Education! If you are a solid, consummate non-profit executive level professional ready to steer your own ship, you have the opportunity to do this in this position. DREAMS has a strong foundation of providing quality arts education that can only be enhanced with committed, disciplined use of positive youth development best practices which is what the Board is determined to achieve. The expectation of the Board is to partner with their new Executive Director to steer DREAMS to new heights. They are anxious for a capable administrator, program operator, savvy manager who coaches, mentors and guides the team by example. The opportunity exists to contribute your personal, professional, and visionary thumbprint on an organization at what very well may be the most important time in their history. As an experienced and successful professional non-profit manager, who is also skilled and proven as a youth development practitioner, who is committed, ready and looking to lead an organization, this could be the rewarding and fulfilling opportunity for you to not only impact significant numbers of young people, but also to demonstrate and further your abilities to a transformative and respected leader in our field!

Big dreams thrive here!

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industry: 
Nonprofit