URBAN ARTS 👾 YEAR 📅 IN REVIEW ⚡️ 2023 🤩

October 26, 2023

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At the beginning of FY23, we were working in two states—New York and North Carolina. By the end of the year, we had built partnerships with schools in seven new states: Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Texas, and Washington State. URBAN ARTS IS IN NINE STATES! How did this happen?

Read our Review 📘 to find out!

Plus—a note from our CEO and Board Chair, money talk, big numbers, cool kids, games!, news, dancing and a peep at the future.

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