Arts Education for Inner-City Youth
The Inner-City Neighborhood Art House provides a safe, nourishing and caring environment for youth after school and during the summer. A ministry of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, the Art House mission is to enable youth to experience beauty, grow in positive self-expression and self-discipline, and develop into full and productive human beings.
Youth ages 7-18 who live in Erie's inner city are invited to attend the Neighborhood Art House at no cost for instruction in the visual, performing, and literary arts and in environmental action. This instruction includes semester-length classes and private music lessons; students can also choose a time for tutoring and for one-on-one reading with an adult volunteer.