Community Programs

ARTreach in the Community
ARTreach recognizes the essential role the arts play in enhancing the lives of people in the community, and the effect arts education has on developing young people and the enriching the lives ofthe elderly. We believe that communities should have access to an array of performing and visual arts education and events that contribute to improving the quality of life for its residents.  

Further, a thriving community ensures that children have access to the arts, which in turn contributes to their overall development.
It is our mission to provide equal access to the arts while inspiring, empowering and uniting individuals and their communities to succeed through cultural awareness and the arts.

We work towards achieving our mission by focusing on three areas of strategic action:

• Bring high quality art-related programs and services to the underprivileged and the underserved populations in the tri-county area of Katy, Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fort Bend County, Richmond and Sugar Land and Waller County, Pattison and Brookshire area targeting: children at risk; troubled youth; children and adults with special needs; and the elderly.
• Provide an array of performing and visual arts events that contribute to improving the quality of life for target audiences in the tri-county area of Katy area residents.
• Advocate for State of Texas policy developments that increase the visibility and stability of the arts and arts education in Texas thereby enhancing the education curriculum and overall quality of life.

ARTreach Community Programs
Note: ARTreach Community Events underpin the goals and mission of the Texas Commission on the Arts: to develop a receptive climate for the arts through conservation and advancement of our rich and diverse arts and cultural industries; to foster a public agenda through the stimulation of our local economy, education of our citizens, promotion of cultural tourism and by ensuring all citizens in our area have access to arts experiences that enhance quality of life.

The ARTreach programs are available for all schools or communities. Our local community programs focus on the Tri-county area of Katy, Texas to support economic development, cultural tourism and enriched lifestyle.  Schools, libraries and social service agencies that would like to offer a program like this to their students, seniors or clients can apply for ARTreach support and  become a  Community ART PARTner.  Up to 50% additional support may also be available from the Texas Commission on the Arts for programs supporting economic development.  TCA Grant information is found online at www.arts.state.tx.us

ARTreach Studio in Katy
ARTreach has a studio and training site located inside Ceramic by Tess in the Time Square Shopping Center 402 W. Grand Parkway Katy, TX 77494 and offers free workshops for senior citizens in assisted living and transitional vocational training programs for adults with special needs. Reservations are required. Please contact info@artreachonline.org for more information.  

ARTreach utilizes studio space donated to our organization by
Ceramics By Tess  (in Katy) to provide ARTreach free community programs serving elderly in assisted living and special needs groups.

ARTreach Studio in Katy
Ceramics by Tess
W Grand Pkwy S # 115
Katy, TX 77494
(281) 392-3161

ARTreach Studio in Houston
ARTreach utilizes studio space donated to our organization by The Warehouse and Worship Experience Church to provide free dance, art and music practice and studio recording opportunities to youth in NW Houston.  This studio offers free URGEWORKS and Urban Art Clubs serving children at risk and troubled youth in impoverished communities.

ARTreach Studio in Houston
The Warehouse
4500 W. 34th Street Suite K
HOUSTON, TX 77092

Signature Events for the Community
ART on the Plaza
ARTreach organizes ART on the Plaza as a unique monthly event held in Cinco Ranch at the Villagio Town Center located on the NE corner of Peek Road and Westheimer Parkway.  This program can be sponsored by a developer, a school, or parks and recreation department  to promote and encourage children and families to participate in the arts. These are small interactive art festival style events that are free to the public that can hosts up to 36 artists ARTreach roster artists demonstrating their unique art making processes, as well as performers and art activities to promote cultural enrichment and the quality lifestyle within a community.

This event is educational and enriching and be sponsored as a Community Lake Festival, Parks & Recreational Event, A PTA event, A Church and Family Festival, ART in the Garden, ART in the Mall, ART in the Park, ART in the City, etc…

Art with a Voice
These are ARTreach Gallery Exhibitions featuring professional expressive artists and musicians, hosted as a sponsored event to share a social message.  Art with a Voice represents important outreach for our organization in that these exhibitions help build our community’s awareness and compassion to respond to social issues related to poverty, violence, stereotyping and/or prejudice. An ART with a Voice Exhibition will speak to social justice and offer a solution related to communication, self- expression, understanding and acceptance. The exhibition opens with a reception that includes music, catered appetizers and fine wine. These are compassionate community programs and Art with a Voice sponsors are very special individuals, enlightened businesses and corporations. ART with a Voice is an ARTreach Community Program that can be sponsored and organized for local Women Shelters, Domestic Abuse Centers, AIDS Foundation, Drug Rehabilitation Program, Animal Shelters…

Espresso Yourself!
This is an event that invites students and businesses to compete in the creation of culinary masterpieces inspired by a theme or a flavor. Includes coffee, dancing, music and art! Businesses, organizations, and community centers can host an Espresso Yourself event as a staff party or project fundraiser. This creative event is available to PTAs as a fundraiser or teacher appreciation event. Comes with a professional Barista and ART Latte froth sculpting expert!

Gallery Nights
This is a sponsored exhibition that features gifted students and their collection of work. The program shares the talent within a school or art department with the general community.  Scholarships can awarded and volunteers can be recognized at this event. ARTreach support includes promotion, set up, music, and catered reception for the public.  ARTreach is a Texas PTA ART Partners and promoted the National PTA Reflections Program as a way to encourage children to participate in the arts. 

Heroes Among Us Art Making Day
This is Signature Workshop for ARTreach that invites over 100 of our biggest donors, supporters and community heroes to participate in legacy project each year. Our supporters are making a heroic statement. Together with ARTreach artists, we are creating murals, art cars, and individual works of art that promote the value of the ARTreach mission and the community’s mutual interest. Do you have heroes you want to recognize?  ARTreach will help you. Schools and businesses can identify their own heroes, volunteers, customers, and/or friends and host a similar event by partnering with ARTreach through our ARTS Partners Program.

OTHER ARTreach Community Programs

ARTreach Scholarships
Teachers, counselors, caseworkers and parents may apply on behalf of any student for Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drawing and Painting lessons, available on site, or in an ARTreach Studio. 

Please consider being an ARTreach Scholarship Sponsor! Scholarships applications are available under RESOURCES and POLICIES.

Community Painting Projects
This is a great project for community events and fundraisers. An ARTreach Community Painting encourages many people to become involved to create a unique and wonderful work of art that can be exhibited or sold to help raise money for a worthy cause. Sponsorship is required.

Days of Caring
These are community events that bring ARTreach art projects and volunteers to a community in need! Call 281-392-5341 to discuss how to bring an ARTreach Day of Caring to your neighborhood.

The ARTreach Art Car
ARTreach ART Car will come to your community festival and bring our art volunteers and a trunk load of free art activities to help make your event special.  

Staff Development Workshops
A number of ARTreach roster artists and art specialists offer Staff Development workshops for teachers, social workers and counselors:

• The Art of Collaboration

• You Can too Draw!

• Watercolor Art

• Music and Rhythm- Early Childhood Development 

• Expressive Art Techniques to improve your relationships/Goal Setting

• Team Dancing for Better Group Dynamics

• Ceramics and Easy Clay Projects for your School Fundraisers  

• Songwriting to Learn

• Panel Discussions

Special Events and Booked Presentations
Contact ARTreach offers cultural arts presentations for your school or community. URGEWORKS, Rhythm Journeys, or visit our ARTreach Coterie for a list of musicians, entertainers and artists that support ARTreach and are available for your next event or gala. 

The ARTreach Gallery and our corporate offices are located at
Villagio Town Center
22756 Westheimer Parkway Suite 180
Katy, Texas 77450

ARTreach Gallery Programs
ARTreach Gallery hosts a Coterie Spotlight monthly– The opening reception an ARTreach artist and musician. ARTreach Coterie Spotlights can be organized to support business openings and corporate meetings. This is an ARTreach ART Partners opportunity.

ARTreach ARTparty
at the Gallery brings Artists and Volunteers together to experience art and music with families and children. ARTreach hosts  a community event like this at Berryhill Baja Grill on the 3rd Friday of each month. Berryhill is a Community Art Partner.  

Vino and Van Gogh
The public can sign up for gallery painting workshops for adults sponsored by the “V”  Gallery at the Villagio  7-10pm / facilitated by an ARTreach teaching artist, this workshop can be booked by church groups, friends and families. Set price $35 pp. 

ARTreach/ Heritage and Cultural District Celebrations
Find ARTreach artists painting and creating public including the ALL ABOARD KATY Train- Events held live in the Villagio Town Center Road House will benefit the Katy Heritage Society this year.

ARTreach at the Katy Kids Festival
ARTreach sponsors the annual Texas PTA preview of quality Arts in Education presenters available to our schools and communities. You’ll see Dan Egger-Belandria, Jawad, ART to a Different Beat, URGEWORKS Dancers and other young audience performers approved for PTA Arts-in-Education bookings- spotlights  Live on the Villagio Town Center Plaza Stage- Noon-4 pm the third Saturday in October.

Community ARTreach Partners receive support from ARTreach, and the Texas Commission on the Arts may be able to assist in the further funding Community Programs that support economic development and cultural tourism. This is a grant application process. Texas schools, libraries, and nonprofit organizations can apply for support.  Contact ARTreach at 281-392-5341 or TCA at 512-463-5535 extension for more information.

ARTreach Expressive Arts Workshops and Retreats
ARTreach Expressive Arts Workshops are professionally facilitated by artist and author Lorena Fernandez, MA.

What is Expressive Arts?
Expressive Arts is a relatively new practice in the mental health field. It uses the arts to help heal the mind, body, emotions and spirit. It also incorporates movement, writing, and the visual arts, such as painting, drawing, sculpture and collage, as well as sounds, drama and meditation.

Who can benefit from the Expressive Arts?
Every person can use Expressive Arts for self-discovery, healing and conflict resolution. Expressive Art programs can benefit the elderly, youth in recovery, the homeless, refugees, veterans, and individuals living with cancer and other health issues.  Corporations can utilize the expressive arts for team building, brainstorming, problem solving, and more, in a wide range of business, professional and educational settings.

To be able to express yourself is a primary need of every human being, but it is also a challenging skill that determines the nature of the interactions an individual experiences in his or her society.  Expressive Arts workshops teach that art is a powerful, constructive and healthy form of self-expression. Participants learn that through art, they can express their feelings, as well as describe experiences and situations that might not be easily verbalized.

ARTreach introduces Expressive Arts, as a tool for self discovery for youth and adults undergoing treatment for depression, anger management, addiction recovery, the elderly in assisted living, and special needs individuals, including children suffering from neurological differences.

The ability to express oneself through art is a source of hope in difficult times. It is true that making art about an experience from ordinary life can make that experience extraordinary.  In practice, Lorena Fernandez uses a combination of studio experience, sound, and movement to guide the participants into deeper layers of themselves and their emotions. There is open dialog during class and a gentle, safe atmosphere.  There is an emphasis on a non-judgmental, non-competitive and safe environment. In this environment, individual’s dreams, aspirations, revelations and insights are given proper respect by all workshop participants.

Expressive Art Workshops and Retreats can be booked at your facility, hill county retreat, or at our community venue partner locations. Please inquire info@artreachonline.org