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Fine Arts for Children & Teens (FACT) was founded in 1990 and over the last 19 years, we have grown to serve more than 4,600 youth throughout northern New Mexico during school, after school and on the evenings and weekends. We emphasize reaching underprivileged young people, and program sites include low-income public schools, the county detention center, and our own local community art studio. FACT believes that the arts can help young people gain fundamental academic and social skills, making them more confident and overall better life-long learners.Make a Donation
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All of us at Fine Arts for Children & Teens are deeply saddened by the tragic and untimely death of Alyssa Trouw. Alyssa had been a student at the ARTbarn studio for several years and studied with several of our art instructors. This summer Alyssa chose FACT as the organization for which she would focus her Teen Action Program senior project - a program at Santa Fe Prep. Alyssa wrote in her proposal: "When I was younger, I used to take classes at Fine Arts for Children & Teens and I would like to be a part of the process of teaching new pupils and showing the wonders that come along with learning about art. I would like to give these kids the same feeling of excitement that I felt when I first started taking classes at FACT."FACT has established a memorial fund, The Alyssa Trouw Memorial Scholarship Fund, to support young people unable to pay for art classes. For information on contributing to this fund, please contact Dallas Steele at 505-992-2787.
Register for FACT SUMMER art classes. Check the calendar page for details.
Volunteers are needed to assist with summer classes. Please call for details, 992-2787.
*Summer 2009 Newsletter. (pdf: 2.19mb)