Sitar Arts Center is an innovative community arts education and performance center founded on the belief that arts education coupled with high expectations can positively change the direction of young people’s lives, particularly those from inner-city communities.
Serving over 500 inner-city Washington, DC residents a year, the Center offers affordable after-school, weekend and summer classes in visual art, music, drama, dance, creative writing, and digital arts to young people primarily from the Adams Morgan, Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights neighborhoods. Partnerships with leading arts organizations along with a network of more than 100 local artists and community volunteers provide first-rate teachers and programs.
The Center makes arts education accessible and affordable by subsidizing the tuition of its students, with most paying $15 per semester for unlimited classes. Named after beloved community activist Patricia M. Sitar and founded in 1998 by Rhonda Buckley, Sitar Arts Center serves as a successful model for like-minded organizations.
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