Dance Waterloo

Dance Waterloo brings dance into everyday spaces through performances and education programs. We expand access to movement for all ages and abilities, fostering creativity, resilience, and community connection.

Beat 4 Beat

Our curriculum is guided and designed around the student’s interests to keep them engaged in the classroom. The delivery is intended to create a lifelong relationship with music, and bring them greater cultural awareness.

Our classes are taught by working musicians, which allow the students to learn important musical lessons used in the real world, as well as gain knowledge of music as a career from a professional.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades PK-2MINDPOP MatchmakerAugust 15, 2025Music, Science / Math, English Language Arts, Social Studies, On AISD Vendor List, Multi-visit, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time, Campus Assembly

Elisabet Ney Museum

The Elisabet Ney Museum is excited to offer a brand new STEAM program, Breaking the Mold: Mobile Hands-On Art Crates, for the 2025-2026 school year!

MINDPOP MatchmakerAugust 15, 2025Grant Funded (No CLI Funds Required), English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Visual Art, Campus Assembly, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, On Campus Arts Experience, Multi-visit, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time, Online Arts Experience

Artistic Education Company

Artistic Education Company offers an after school licensed day care and innovative Arts education program for youth at participating AISD elementary schools to actively promote music, art, and theater programming through need-based tuition assistance and supporting social & emotional development.

Know Culture Publishing and Miguel Briones Writes

We offer a variety of programs, including engaging author visits, content creation for Social-Emotional Wellness, writing workshops and educational opportunities, publication of quality bilingual narrative based children's books and nonfiction books for young adult readers.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerFebruary 21, 2025Bilingual, Spanish, English Language Arts, Social Studies, SEL, Cultural Heritage, Music, Visual Art, Theater, On Campus Arts Experience, Campus Assembly, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time

S.C. Says Poetry LLC

Andre Bradford, a.k.a. S.C. Says, is an Austin based award-winning slam poet, author, and keynote speaker championing the transformative power of empathetic leadership. His programing focuses on creative storytelling, mental health awareness, and empowering student voice.

Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerDecember 4, 2024Theater, SEL, On AISD Vendor List, Campus Assembly, Multi-visit, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Residency, Out of School Time

Austin Soundwaves

Austin Soundwaves offers engaging music performances and workshops for K-12 students in English and Spanish. We also offer Creative Learning Initiative residencies and music education programs throughout Austin ISD.

Grades 9-12, Professional Learning, Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8MINDPOP MatchmakerAugust 31, 2023Music, Bilingual, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, Campus Assembly, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time

Latinitas

At Club Latinitas, we emPOWER students through STEAM education! Our afterschool program develops students into Power Chicas capable of solving any problem through the use of our TEKS-supportive STEAM curriculum.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8MINDPOP MatchmakerAugust 31, 2023Visual Art, Digital Media, Science / Math, Cultural Heritage, Bilingual, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, Out of School Time, Spanish, Group / Private Lessons

UnboxEd

UnboxEd offers a fun, game-based approach to building new skills and exploring new ideas. Our 90-minute classes range from Entrepreneurship and SEL to STEM and History. Using board games and role-playing games, we present an alternate lens to what education can look and feel like.

Grades 3-5MINDPOP MatchmakerSeptember 8, 2022Visual Art, Digital Media, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, SEL, On Campus Arts Experience, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD

Texas Performing Arts

Texas Performing Arts offers educators free daytime performances for youth and free tickets to evening shows.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerAugust 19, 2022Dance, Music, Theater, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, Grant Funded (No CLI Funds Required), Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Out of School Time

Imaginative Learning Group, LLC dba Mad Science & Crayola Imagine Arts Academy of Austin & San Antonio

Mad Science & Crayola Imagine Arts Academy provide hands-on STEAM experiences. Shows, workshops, field trips, centers and parent nights are just some of the programs that can be brought to your organization or provided at an off-site location.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5MINDPOP MatchmakerMay 6, 2022Visual Art, Science / Math, Cultural Heritage, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, Campus Assembly, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time, Online Arts Experience

UTeach Fine Arts (College of Fine Arts at UT Austin)

UTeach Fine Arts faculty and students learning to become fine arts teachers are ready to engage PK-12 students and teachers! We provide lessons and activities in art, music, dance and theatre education in your classroom, at UT, online, and in the community.

Ryah Christensen

For the past 20 years, Ryah has fabricated small and large scale mosaic works for private and public audiences. More recently, Ryah has specialized in collaborating with communities, in schools and neighborhoods, helping them create vibrant, durable works of art that tell their stories.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerFebruary 4, 2022Visual Art, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Special Education, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Bilingual, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time

Changing Lives Youth Theatre Ensemble

Our original plays spark dialogue about interpersonal violence, giving young adults the knowledge, skills, and confidence to navigate their own relationships and stand up against sexual harassment and bullying as courageous allies.

Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerOctober 21, 2021Theater, English Language Arts, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, Campus Assembly, On Campus Arts Experience, Out of School Time

Austin Bat Cave

ABC partners with local schools and nonprofit organizations to deliver high-quality writing programs and instruction to students ages 6-18. We offer a variety of creative writing programs including fiction & poetry as well as assistance with college and scholarship essays, resume writing, and more.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerSeptember 23, 2021Digital Media, English Language Arts, Cultural Heritage, Bilingual, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, On Campus Arts Experience, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time, Online Arts Experience

Leap of Joy

Leap of Joy is moving to give at-risk youth empowerment and self-acceptance through dance and performance arts. Primarily at Title 1 schools within Austin ISD, now including free virtual classes for all. Everyone deserves a chance to DANCE!

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerSeptember 23, 2021Dance, Theater, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, Campus Assembly, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time, Online Arts Experience

Thinkery

We’re a STEAM engine to power kids’ imagination, creativity, and love of learning. It's our mission to create innovative learning experiences that equip and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerApril 15, 2021Visual Art, Digital Media, Science / Math, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Out of School Time

Fusebox Festival

Now in it's 18th year, Fusebox Festival is an annual event each April that features theater, dance, film, visual art, music, literature and more, from hundreds of local, national, and international artists at unique locations across the city of Austin. The festival is 100% free to attend.

Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerMarch 4, 2021Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Art, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Single Visit, Out of School Time, Grant Funded (No CLI Funds Required)

George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center

The George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center's education offerings provide quality programming and classes that emphasize African American and African Diaspora contributions to the arts, history, culture, society, and thought across the globe.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerMarch 4, 2021Visual Art, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, Single Visit, Out of School Time, Online Arts Experience

Wicked Workshop Youth Architecture Program

Our straightforward hands-on curriculum is based on authentic, reality-based projects that foster independent thinking, self-directed learning, exploration, iteration and creativity. Designs are explored through the interactive process of character creation, storytelling, making and drawing.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMarch 4, 2021On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time, Online Arts Experience, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Visual Art