Streets & Centers

As well as reaching out to schools, we collaborate locally with public housing communities, educational centers, community centers and correctional facilities for hands-on workshops, residencies and interactive performances. LEAF in Schools & Streets is designed to reach youth and adults of different socio-economic backgrounds in Western North Carolina. We make our best effort to reach people underserved and lacking ARTS opportunities. Before each festival LEAF sends out information on available LSS artists to area centers and organizations. Our role is to match these artists with coordinators in after-school programs and more. Artists go into centers for residencies and workshops before LEAF with most happening the week of the festival. The learning in the center culminates with the students and the artist(s) performing on-stage at LEAF!* See below for centers and communities we work in and help make our programs possible:

Asheville Community Theatre
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
Black Mountain Correctional Facility for Women
Burton St. Center
Deaverview Learning Center
Eliada Homes
Lake Tomahawk
Klondyke Housing Community
Montford Center
Latino Learning Center
Orange Peel
Pisgah View Learning Center
Stephens Lee Community Center
Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center
Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women
W.C. Reid Center for Creative Arts
Western Youth Network
Woodridge Learning Center
YMCA
YMI Cultural Center
Youth at Jazz
YWCA of Asheville

Special THANKS to Children First/Communities in Schools of Buncombe County and their after-school program Project MARCH (Make A Right Choice) for creating the opportunity for LSS to be in several of the public housing communities and for their generous staff and AmeriCorps support.

*Note: LSS also sends artists into centers for single performances that are educational and interactive. Such engagements do not include a performance at LEAF.