Portside Arts Center

Since 2008 Portside Arts Center has been enabling children, teens and adults in
Philadelphia to remain uniquely creative through year round visual art programs.

Portside is a 501-c(3) non profit community arts center.
Please donate now to help keep creativity thriving at Portside.

Summer Arts Camp 2017

ENROLL NOW!
Let your child's creativity blossom this summer! Portside provides a nurturing atmosphere for kids to build confidence, develop skills, and just have fun. Portside's Summer Camp is held Monday through Friday's 8:30am to 3:30pm for ages 4-7 and 8-12.

Donate $20 to become 1 of 4,000 Hearts for the Arts

4,000 Hearts for the Arts aims to connect supporters, makers, and believers of the ARTS to the Portside ArtsMobile Project so that, together, WE can drive arts integration into local Philadelphia schools.

If 4,000 individuals donate $20, we will reach our fundraising goal of $80,000-- enough funds to cover an entire year of programming, which will impact 3 schools, 6 teachers, and over 250 children.

With YOUR SUPPORT
the ArtsMobile Project will continue to flourish and act as a vehicle for positive change. The Portside, a community non-profit art center, values the great power people have when they band together to support something they believe in-- and we are asking you to believe in the change we can create.

After School Arts Program

Give your child a well rounded arts education this school year! Portside's After School Arts Program will pick your child up from their school and bring them to the arts center for homework help, snack and visual arts. Portside's ASAP is for children in pre-K - 5th grades.

Portside Receives the Spruce Foundation's 2016 Arts Grant Award!

The Portside is honored to be a recipient of the Spruce Foundation's arts award. The Portside ArtsMobile Project was one out of many applicants to have been chosen. Click here to learn more about the ArtsMobile project!

2017 Spring Classes

Create, learn, laugh and grow with Portside's 2017 primer winter art classes for children, teens and adults! Register for 2 or more classes and get 10% off! Portside's art classes build 21st century skills, fosters creativity and builds self-esteem and confidence.

Learn More!

Coming in September 2017:
SATURDAY ART CLASSES for children and teens! We are offering 3 hour mini art camps every Saturday for ages 4-7, 8-12 & 13-17. Children will explore different age appropriate art materials and techniques while Teens investigate art forms, artists, and create a professional portfolio of work. Teens will also take field trips to local galleries and museums.

Thank you DiD Agency!

DiD is a full-service health and wellness agency committed to creating unique, insight-driven materials for both
consumer- and professional-facing audiences. Click here to view some of the work they've done over the years.

This past holiday season, DiD chose to feature Portside's talented after school students for their 2016 Holiday Campaign. They produced 5 amazing short videos highlighting children from our after school program and "what they are thankful for". After the project was completed, DiD mused,"Watching the students at Portside Arts Center express their creativity showed us the impact of what art itself can create: a family."