Out of Site is a San Francisco nonprofit that provides free visual and performing arts programs for public high school students in San Francisco. Our programs fill a gap for teenagers – not only are they not getting enough art in their schools but there are few safe, free, fun and challenging programs for teens. Students come to Out of Site looking for the chance to experiment in the arts, and for a place to be themselves-they find artistic training, new mediums for self-expression, and a diverse and supportive community. Out of Site:

DEVELOPS new models of teaching and thinking about the visual arts, architecture and the performing arts at the high school level

INSPIRES activism and community engagement by participating in the world through the creation of art

CREATES connections among communities through programs that are diverse in their participants and their content, and teaching methods

“It’s a place where students can develop a voice to reaches out to other youth and expand their visions of the world and community. To many of us, it is an important place where we share our ideas and engage in participation of community through the creation of art. Being a part of this program, it opened up new opportunities and a wider perspective of the communities around me that I never experienced before.”

- Amy Ma