Upstream Arts uses the power of the creative arts to activate and amplify the voice and choice of individuals with disabilities.
You’re Invited!
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 • 6 – 9pm
Join us for Upstream Arts’
The Art of We: Are Still Celebrating
Our annual celebration and fundraiser
Free, Family-Friendly, Fully Accessible
Summer Self-Advocacy
Class Registration Now OPEN!
Our Self-Advocacy classes offer a fun, creative, and experiential learning environment for participants to strengthen self-advocacy skills with and alongside Upstream Arts artists and peers.
BI, CAC, CADI and DD Waivers now accepted.
Classes Run
July 8 – September 26, 2024
OUR WORK
OUR VALUES
Inclusion happens in the
ordinary moments
True access can be achieved through a consistent and intentional practice of doing the little things that say “I see you. I hear you. I notice you.”
We Assume Ability
Participation looks different for everyone, but through creativity, flexibility, and choice, all can be included and find success.
Access is an Attitude
Creating physical access with automatic doors and ramps is necessary and vital, but none of that matters if you don’t feel welcome when you enter a space.
WATCH OUR 5-MIN VIDEO
“Julie and I created Upstream Arts because we recognized that at the core of engagement and communication is a give and take, an action and reaction, a listening and responding. We knew from personal experience that the arts were a perfect medium through which to practice these fundamental human skills.”
OUR BLOG
Social Skills Scavenger Hunt – Play and Win at The Art of We: Are Still Celebrating
Photo Credit: Jason W. Bucklin Photography, from The Art of We in 2023We're looking forward to gathering with you at the Luminary Arts Center on Tuesday, May 21 for The Art of We: Are Still Celebrating. We'll be sharing fun, food, and creativity, including songs,...
Thank you to the incredible Sponsors of The Art of We: Are Still Celebrating
Presenting Sponsor The Graham Smith Team of Keller Williams Realty and Premier Sponsors:Partner and In-Kind Sponsors: Jason Bucklin PhotographyWe're honored by the incredible support of our sponsors, whose generosity ensures that The Art of We: Are Still Celebrating...
Bad Day Poems: sleepy grizzlies, surprised sharks, and calm red dinosaurs
Poetry can be such a beautiful way to showcase some of the powerful social emotional learning and creativity that Upstream Arts cultivates during our residencies. Often our Teaching Artists will start with a similar prompt - in this case, "a bad day" - and then take...