Summary
Organization name
Sanctuary Arts School
Parish
Caddo
Parishes Served
Bossier, Caddo
Operating Budget
$500K-$1M
Sector
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education, Youth & Children
Address
421 Lake StreetShreveport, LA 71101
About
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Sanctuary Arts School is a public access glass studio and school. We provide free classes for the children at Shriner's Hospital, veterans and active military who have a diagnosis of PTSD and utilize glass blowing as part of their therapy. We bring our arts education programs into the community including schools, affordable housing locations, Providence House, nursing homes and to populations that are underserved. We offer free courses to individuals in wheelchairs since we have a special bench that can be used for people with disabilities. Free studio time is given to MFA and BFA students throughout the Gulf South. We present major glass exhibitions, such as the "Texas Contemporary Glass Exhibition" That took place at Artspace on Texas Street in Shreveport in cooperations with the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Ongoing classes in glass are offered at discounted rates throughout the year to all residents of Caddo Parish. We have also purchased the B'NAI ZION TEMPLE BUILDING and will be turning it into a community arts center.
Mission
Sanctuary Arts School (SAS) is a 501 (c) (3) Louisiana Corporation and operates exclusively for educational and charitable purposes.
SAS, strongly believes in diversity and inclusion and provides free arts classes in the glass arts to communities at risk. We offer free art classes to those most at risk or underserved....used to heal, educate and well-being. All programming is available to everyone in the community. Classes are offered to beginners and those interested in furthering their skill sets. SAS staff presents several outreach program...reaching over 8,000 a year.
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Organization Data
Shreveport, LA 71101