After School Arts & Science Program

Click here to apply to become a volunteer in our After School Arts & Science Program.

Green Street Arts Center has a wide array of opportunities for students in grades 1-12 to explore their creativity and build essential skills for success. Students may focus on one area of the arts, or choose any combination of classes to engage in a weeklong program from five artistic disciplines (Visual, Sound, Movement, Media, Literary) offered at Green Street. The After School Arts and Science Program offers classes in African Drumming, Breakdance, Songwriting, Visual Arts, Hip Hop, Comic Book Creation, and much more for all grades. Students in Grades 6-12 can take special classes in Videography, Sound Recording, and a Peer Education Performance Project.

Students enjoy a nutritious snack upon arrival and participate in small group activities until classes begin. Classes for grades 1-8 are held from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM, and students may enroll in Green Street Art Center’s unique Academic Enrichment program from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Thursday.

The Academic Enrichment hour offers students the opportunity to receive homework help, work on additional academic exercises related to their arts classes, and strengthen skills in preparation for standardized testing. Green Street is also the site for Wesleyan’s participation in the Help Yourself Academy – a unique program for at-risk students in grades 3 and 4 to explore science in twice weekly experimentation sessions.

View our latest Mural Project with St. Vincent DePaul Place.

View our students perform in Snap, Crackle, Pop, 2009.

View a tap performance by After School students.

View a clip of ThoroEnergy at the New Britain Talent Show.

View a clip from a dance workshop with Aniruddha Knight

Listen to the 2007 Green Street Arts Center Song.

Listen to After School student Liz R. interview WNPR Reporter Lucy Nalpathanchil.

For students in grades K-5, Green Street’s Friday Art and Science Program sessions are held at Macdonough School from 3:30 to 5:00 PM. A special program for students in grades 6-12, offered from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm, connects local youth to the community through a year-long interdisciplinary project which will result in a documentary film, published work, and live screening with open forum.

In partnering with community resources to provide the best after school enrichment program in arts and academics, Green Street is able to offer individualized attention and rare learning opportunities for students of all abilities and backgrounds. The teaching artists, supervisory staff, and volunteer corps of Green Street Arts Center's After School Art and Science Program come together to create spaces that keep each child safe and inspired as he or she builds a relationship with the arts and utilizes the resources of the program.

Transportation
Transportation from some elementary schools, Keigwin, Woodrow Wilson, and Middletown High School is available by school bus. Other, limited transportation services may be available from other schools in Middletown through Wesleyan University.

Enrollment & Scholarships
Green Street’s program continues to focus on serving underserved children and young adults, offering scholarships of up to 100% of tuition costs, payment plans and sibling discounts to ensure all children the opportunity to participate in the program regardless of economic background. Enrollment is need-blind and on a first-come, first-served basis for the first 85% of daily class space.

For more information, or to receive a registration packet for the After School Art and Science Program, please call (860) 685-7871 or email gsac@wesleyan.edu. For questions or concerns about the financial aid process, please contact Claudia Foerstel, Financial Coordinator and Registrar, at (860) 685-7971.

Click here to view our Fall 2010 After School Arts & Science offerings!

Video interviewing Skittles artists, by After School Students,  Winter 2009