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Uniting Miami Through the Power of Arts Education
The Central Dade Arts Alliance is a collaborative alliance dedicated to expanding access to high-quality music and arts education.
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Arts Access Miami is a countywide collective impact initiative that unites schools, nonprofits, funders, and civic leaders to build a sustainable, systems-based solution for arts education.
About the Central Dade Arts Alliance
Arts Access Miami began in 2020 with a bold idea: what if we stopped working in silos and started working together? In response to longstanding inequities in Miami Gardens, eight local organizations came together to form the North Dade Arts Alliance, a coordinated effort to ensure every student in the Carol City feeder pattern had access to consistent, high-quality arts education from K–12.
Within five years, participation in arts programming in that region grew from 27% to 81% across 27 schools. Building on this success, Arts Access Miami launched the South Dade Arts Alliance in 2023, expanding into Homestead and surrounding communities. In just one year, participation jumped from 15% to 40% across 28 additional schools.
The Central Dade Arts Alliance (CDAA) will launch in the 2026–2027 school year, and is looking to serve 3,500 students across key neighborhoods such as Brownsville, Allapattah, Liberty City, West Little River, and Gladeview.
This next chapter focuses on partnering with organizations that deliver both music education and positive behavioral change. CDAA will invest in high-performing, scalable programs that align with school needs and provide measurable impact in and out of the classroom.
Today, Arts Access Miami supports more than 14,500 students weekly across 70 schools, connecting classrooms to the community through in school instruction, youth performances, community events, and regional arts festivals.
