The MISSION of ARTreach is to bring the arts to underserved communities. Our programs focus on the needs represented by children at risk, the elderly, special needs populations, and the poor.  

ARTreach in Texas supports the development, funding and delivery of specialized art programs and services to underserved populations in Fort Bend, Harris and Waller County. ARTreach delivers programs in collaboration with social service agencies, government entities and school districts and through partnerships with local art organizations and the Texas Commission on the Arts to support successful outreach serving neglected populations.

ARTreach Programs include:

  • Mentoring through Art – specialized classroom, studio and after-school art and education programs serving children at risk. These programs are designed to measure an impact on overall grades and/or behavior. ARTreach introduces postive role models and professional artists who promote teamwork and participation while nurturing a child's self confidence and sense of belonging. Mentoring through Art programs are specialized to support educational objectives as well as social development and life skills of children at risk, in foster care, placement centers, shelters and juvenile detention centers. 
  • Within My Reach - specialized vocational art programs designed to serve individuals with developmental, intellectual or physical disabilities that support educational objectives, social and life skills. 
  • ARTbeat - programs intended to improve the mental, emotional and physical states of senior citizens, the fragile elderly and individuals with Alzheimer’s.
  • ARTreach & Achieve - dedicated to meeting the needs of gifted and talented students, this includes scholarships for the financially disadvantaged, children in foster care children and individuals with special needs
  • Community Programs –includes events, exhibitions, fine art and music presentations and activities promoting cultural development in underserved communities.

“Because Art Works”
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Become an ARTreach Partner
 and help share the responsibility of bringing the arts to those in need. ARTreach relies on grants and donations to assure art programs are accessible and free to the most neglected communities. Be a Hero Among Us, the ARTreach Partners Programs offer individuals, businesses and corporations a unique opportunity to align with our community's artists and educators to ensure the health, education, and wellness of underserved populations.
Become an ARTreach Volunteer
ARTreach appreciates professional artists and musicians that volunteer. Please share your time and talent with others. 
ARTreach (Katy ARTreach) is listed on the Texas Commission on the Art roster with programs available for state funding. Texas ARTreach is an organizational member of the Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education and a member of the American for the Arts - Arts Action Council. ARTreach is an organizational member of the Fort Bend Culture and Arts Alliance and the Katy Culture and Arts Alliance and supports culural development in greater Katy and Fort Bend County area through strategic and resource sharing partnerships with other non-profit art organizations in Houston, Fort Bend County and Katy.

ARTreach is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides mentoring and art-related programs to a growing population of children at risk, children and adults with special needs, the elderly and others in need.