Mission

Empowering students to become innovators and creative thinkers by integrating art and design with literacy and STEM education.

Vision

As a 501(c)(3) organization, Art Resource Collaborative for Kids (ARCK) empowers students through high-quality arts education that fosters culture and community while supporting schools’ learning objectives. Our core program, offered to students in grades K-8, uses visual arts integration programming as a vehicle for engaging students in academics and developing social-emotional skills as well as English Language Learning skills. ARCK uses art and design to bring literacy and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) to life empowering the next generation of global citizens based on its three modules: Leadership, Civic Engagement, and Social Justice. ARCK uses art as a vehicle to empower underserved students to become leaders, innovators, thinkers, empathetic, and creators.

ARCK partners with Boston Public Schools in underserved communities to offer our programs during in-school time free to students. ARCK’s teaching artists work alongside classroom teachers, aligning lessons with current classroom topics and the school’s academic objectives.