Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute

Community Arts Programs in the St. Louis Region

Some of these programs were initiated as lab team projects or ideas inspired by the Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute. For other programs, CAT graduates have been involved, and have helped to shape the content and influence the direction.

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Afriky Lolo "The mission of Afriky Lolo is to bring African dance to the St. Louis community through teaching and performance so that African Americans and others will gain a rich understanding of African heritage and experience the joy and power of dance." Afriky Lolo, founded and led by Diadié Bathily, is a West African dance non-profit corporation that is committed to bringing West African dance ...More Info Contact
Art Dimensions ArtDimensions is a nonprofit arts organization run by and for artists and the artistic community in St. Louis, MO. The Board of ArtDimensions is committed to a bright future for the City of St. Louis and its people. Programs and events are being developed to be held in St. Louis and abroad with the goal of creating a strong foundation for the St. Louis Art Community for decades to come. In order ...More Info Contact
Artica Artica is an outdoor multi-media art festival, parade and workshops series developed to provide the people of the St. Louis metropolitan area with the opportunity to come together as a community through creative self-expression. The event will take place in the early fall along the Mississippi riverfront in order to revitalize an area that has been polluted, neglected and abandoned for far too ...More Info Contact
Arts in Transit As a community partnership program of Metro,AIT furthers Metro’s mission of “regional economicdevelopment through excellence in transportation”by forging community partnerships and creatingcustomer-friendly and aesthetically- appealing,community-oriented transit environments. AITaccomplishes this through a place-making approachthat integrates public art and urban design ...More Info Contact