Uplifting Arts Academy
Uplifting Arts Academy, 14755 Foothill Boulevard, Fontana, CA 92335
About
Uplifting Arts Academy offers dance recitals, theatrical stage plays, and dance performances for children and teens. The program also provides entertainment services for birthday parties that include dance performance.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
Uplifting Arts Academy was founded in December 2018 by Ms. Shaquan Young after 10 years as an instructor and then Director of Outreach for an area dance school. Ms. Shaquan Young serves as the founder, owner, and director of the studio. The academy states that it has been empowering Southern California children through dance, mentorship, and educational readiness for over six years and describes itself as “Where Dance Meets Purpose.”
The mission of Uplifting Arts Academy is “To provide a safe place where one can nourish their gifts and learn to accept and believe in themselves the way God intended,” and its faith-based mission references Jeremiah 29:11. The program is described as more than just a dance academy and as a family, with a focus on nurturing students’ confidence, discipline, and creativity, and on keeping young people connected to mentorship, creativity, and opportunity. It is described as providing opportunities for youth to find their voices and excel both academically and socially.
Uplifting Arts Academy is described as empowering Southern California children through dance, mentorship, and educational readiness, helping children grow through the arts and mentorship, providing opportunities to succeed both in and out of the classroom, and strengthening Inland Empire families. Through its Family & Youth Stability program, it provides wraparound support for families and young people, including children in foster care and young adults experiencing housing instability, through coordinated partnerships.
Parents and community members describe the instructors as talented and caring, and say the studio nurtures students’ confidence, skill, faith, and self-esteem. Multiple parents describe the recitals as beautiful, well-organized, and improving every season, and say their children have developed a passion for dance and the Lord. One parent notes that her daughter enjoys the routines even at age 3 and that students are treated with love and respect, while another parent highlights that her daughters have found close friends there and feel safe and respected.
A customer who hired Uplifting Arts Academy for a 60th birthday party reports that the owner, Shaquan Young, was professional, understood their requirements, and created a plan that made the event “spectacular,” with the dance performance described as the highlight of the party. A media contractor who has worked with the academy describes the environment as professional, with high production value, and says they would gladly send their own children there. Parents and community members repeatedly recommend Uplifting Arts Academy, with one parent stating that the director cares about students’ mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health, and another calling it “an amazing dance studio that truly nurtures faith, creativity, and talent.”
Local leaders also recognize the program’s role in the community. Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren describes Uplifting Arts Academy as a testament to the positive impact of arts and culture in the community, and Marcelino “Mars” Serna of the Fontana Unified School District Board of Education states that programs like Uplifting Arts Academy enrich the lives of youth and contribute to building a brighter future for Fontana.
Last updated March 27, 2026.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
Uplifting Arts Academy was founded in December 2018 by Ms. Shaquan Young after 10 years as an instructor and then Director of Outreach for an area dance school. Ms. Shaquan Young serves as the founder, owner, and director of the studio. The academy states that it has been empowering Southern California children through dance, mentorship, and educational readiness for over six years and describes itself as “Where Dance Meets Purpose.”
The mission of Uplifting Arts Academy is “To provide a safe place where one can nourish their gifts and learn to accept and believe in themselves the way God intended,” and its faith-based mission references Jeremiah 29:11. The program is described as more than just a dance academy and as a family, with a focus on nurturing students’ confidence, discipline, and creativity, and on keeping young people connected to mentorship, creativity, and opportunity. It is described as providing opportunities for youth to find their voices and excel both academically and socially.
Uplifting Arts Academy is described as empowering Southern California children through dance, mentorship, and educational readiness, helping children grow through the arts and mentorship, providing opportunities to succeed both in and out of the classroom, and strengthening Inland Empire families. Through its Family & Youth Stability program, it provides wraparound support for families and young people, including children in foster care and young adults experiencing housing instability, through coordinated partnerships.
Parents and community members describe the instructors as talented and caring, and say the studio nurtures students’ confidence, skill, faith, and self-esteem. Multiple parents describe the recitals as beautiful, well-organized, and improving every season, and say their children have developed a passion for dance and the Lord. One parent notes that her daughter enjoys the routines even at age 3 and that students are treated with love and respect, while another parent highlights that her daughters have found close friends there and feel safe and respected.
A customer who hired Uplifting Arts Academy for a 60th birthday party reports that the owner, Shaquan Young, was professional, understood their requirements, and created a plan that made the event “spectacular,” with the dance performance described as the highlight of the party. A media contractor who has worked with the academy describes the environment as professional, with high production value, and says they would gladly send their own children there. Parents and community members repeatedly recommend Uplifting Arts Academy, with one parent stating that the director cares about students’ mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health, and another calling it “an amazing dance studio that truly nurtures faith, creativity, and talent.”
Local leaders also recognize the program’s role in the community. Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren describes Uplifting Arts Academy as a testament to the positive impact of arts and culture in the community, and Marcelino “Mars” Serna of the Fontana Unified School District Board of Education states that programs like Uplifting Arts Academy enrich the lives of youth and contribute to building a brighter future for Fontana.
Last updated March 27, 2026.
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