The Drama Spot

The Drama Spot serves ages 2–17 with on-site classes and workshops that fit your schedule, space, and budget. With our unique, adaptable curriculum, we emphasizes process over product and use theatre as a tool to develop core life skills.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades PK-2MINDPOP MatchmakerSeptember 15, 2025English Language Arts, Social Studies, Special Education, SEL, Theater

Cover to Cover Quintet

Cover to Cover is an Austin-based wind quintet that uses musical storytelling, immersive audio-visual performance, and inventive reimagining of classical music to create accessible and enriching experiences for audiences of all ages.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5MINDPOP MatchmakerSeptember 3, 2025Music, Visual Art, Digital Media, SEL, English Language Arts, On Campus Arts Experience, Campus Assembly, Single Visit

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.

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

UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum

The UMLAUF's vision is to become the epicenter of Austin's cultural arts scene and provide enriching programs throughout our community. UMLAUF provides free fieldtrips for AISD schools as well as community programs.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades PK-2MINDPOP MatchmakerAugust 15, 2025Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Visual Art, SEL, On AISD Vendor List

Groundwork Music Project

Groundwork Music Project teaches and performs music for all ages, with a strong emphasis on the ukulele as a means for having fun and teaching music fundamentals. We use a lot original songs, as well as songs in multiple languages. Engaging and entertaining musical enrichment.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades PK-2, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerAugust 15, 2025Bilingual, On AISD Vendor List, Cultural Heritage, English Language Arts, Science / Math, SEL, Music, Campus Assembly, Residency, Multi-visit

Austin Creative Reuse

Austin Creative Reuse offers engaging, hands-on field trips for preschool through high school students. Learn the value of reuse through creative projects and exploration of our unique creative reuse center. Affordable and inspiring for all ages.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades PK-2MINDPOP MatchmakerAugust 15, 2025Visual Art, Science / Math, SEL, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip

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

Texas Music Museum

Discover hidden Texas music legends! Our program introduces kids to Mexican American & African American musicians who exceeded expectations, showcasing their journey to success. A captivating exploration of Texas music history with musicians of color, inspiring dreams without limits.

Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerFebruary 27, 2024Music, Bilingual, Spanish, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Single Visit, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, SEL

Drum One, Drum All - Noah Mosgofian

Take a global journey through drum traditions from Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and beyond plus a recycled object orchestra. Students learn body percussion, traditional rhythms, movement, vocabulary, history, and culture.

Grades PK-2, Grades 9-12, Grades 6-8, Grades 3-5MINDPOP MatchmakerFebruary 27, 2024Music, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Bilingual, Spanish, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Single Visit

Art For The Sky

Art for the Sky is an awe-inspiring, whole-school artist residency devoted to developing children’s knowledge about our planet, our history, and our responsibility for the future through the creation of giant-scale work of art!

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerJanuary 27, 2023Visual Art, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Bilingual, Grant Funded (No CLI Funds Required), Campus Assembly, On Campus Arts Experience

Film Kids

Film Kids and classroom teachers collaborate to develop video production projects that support classroom, core subject learning. Through production of the films, with Film Kids instructors' help, teachers and students reinforce grade-level TEKS, SEL skills, and have fun demonstrating their learning!

Grades 3-5MINDPOP MatchmakerNovember 16, 2022Theater, Digital Media, English Language Arts, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Bilingual, Spanish

Impact Arts, Inc.

Impact Arts provides robust and diverse programs, including new digital musical theatre curriculum for students in grades 3-12. We offer a diverse selection of workshops for students! From college audition prep to Shakespeare to voice and movement technique (and more!) we can come to you!

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerOctober 25, 2022Dance, Music, Theater, English Language Arts, Cultural Heritage, SEL, On Campus Arts Experience, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, Single Visit, Group / Private Lessons, Online Arts Experience

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

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

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