Art gives students the opportunity to experiment, communicate ideas, explore culture, and create something entirely their own. Lola & Kids provides afterschool art program management for schools throughout New York, combining hands-on creative enrichment with the staffing, scheduling, and operational support schools need.
Students can develop creative skills while learning about artists, materials, cultures, and different forms of expression. School teams get a program partner that helps coordinate behind-the-scenes work.
Adding high-quality enrichment shouldn’t mean adding another program for school staff to manage, which is why Lola & Kids works with schools to coordinate afterschool art programming. Our team provides instructors and structured enrichment experiences while helping manage the operational details needed to keep programs running smoothly.
Depending on your school’s needs, our support can include:
Whether you need a high-quality afterschool enrichment art partner or want to incorporate visual arts into a broader enrichment schedule, we’ll work with your team to develop a program around your school community.
Our afterschool enrichment art program encourages students to create while making connections to culture, identity, storytelling, and the world around them.
Students discover contemporary and historical artists from around the world and use their work as inspiration for original creations. Projects can include collage, sculpture, mixed media, and other hands-on techniques. Along the way, students connect art with culture, storytelling, and personal expression while developing their own creative skills.
Young chefs explore the art and science of cooking through kid-friendly, globally inspired recipes. Students practice measuring, mixing, and safe food prep while learning about nutrition and culture. Each hands-on project builds confidence, collaboration skills, and an appreciation for sharing food they’ve made themselves.
Younger learners can participate in developmentally appropriate sensory experiences with tactile, creative materials. Guided activities support exploration, coordination, language development, and early problem-solving through play.
Lola & Kids was created to provide culturally responsive learning experiences that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. That philosophy carries into our arts programming.
Students can encounter artists, stories, traditions, and creative practices from around the world, making art an opportunity to explore perspectives beyond their own while expressing their individual identities and ideas.
Lola & Kids helps schools create engaging, inclusive enrichment experiences while taking administrative pressure off school teams.
Our programs also reflect our founders’ backgrounds and educational philosophy. Read the Lola & Kids story to learn more about the team behind our approach.
Our enrichment experiences incorporate diverse perspectives and encourage students to explore culture through creative learning.
Students learn by making, experimenting, discussing, and exploring, not simply observing.
Classes are structured around the developmental needs of participating students.
We work with administrators to coordinate programming that fits the school's schedule, space, and student population.
Our team can support staffing, scheduling, and day-to-day after-school program operations.
Lola & Kids can support instructors, scheduling, program coordination, and day-to-day operations for school-based art enrichment. We can adapt the structure to your school’s needs.
Our Arts & Culture programming includes hands-on experiences such as Global Art and other creative and culturally focused enrichment activities. Specific classes may vary by school and semester.
Yes. Lola & Kids partners with New York schools to provide on-site after-school and enrichment programming.
Lola & Kids serves students from Pre-K through 8th grade. Individual classes are designed for particular developmental and grade ranges.
Cultural learning is an important part of our approach. Programs such as Global Art introduce students to artists and perspectives from around the world while encouraging them to develop their own creative voice.
Yes. Schools can combine art with music, performing arts, sports, movement, STEAM, coding, and other available enrichment experiences.
