ArtSouth Youth Programs
Perrine Community House, 900 East Perrine Avenue, Palmetto Bay, FL 33157
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ArtSouth Youth Programs offers after school workshops, weekend workshops, no-school holiday workshops, field trips, and year-round classes for children. The program also includes a Creative Arts Summer Camp and a summer camp, along with seasonal visual arts workshops and monthly rotating gallery exhibitions and receptions. ArtSouth Youth Programs additionally runs Art Behind Bars visual arts education and organized classes in the Art Dorm at Everglades Correctional Institution.
• Ages: 4–17 years old
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm
• Price: Most programs are free or charge minimal affordable costs to compensate for restricted funding expenses.
ArtSouth’s artists-as-teachers and professionals in the field provide the after school, summer camp, no-school holiday and weekend workshops, field trips, and year-round classes for children ages 4–17. ArtSouth’s award-winning artists-as-teachers embody a wide range of skills, talents, and expertise, and their exhibitions and performances have received critical acclaim. The mission of ArtSouth is to inspire understanding and appreciation of the arts for historically underrepresented communities by providing inclusive cultural access to exhibitions, performances, and educational programs.
Since 2000, ArtSouth has impacted thousands of families and generated vitality into struggling Miami Dade County neighborhoods, and in 2013 it expanded from Homestead into a central location to impact an expanded population. ArtSouth’s youth educational programs have received numerous awards, honors, and grants. The organization works with community partners including Chapman Charities, The Rotary Club, The City of South Miami, Miami Dade College, Florida Department of Corrections, Silent Victims of Crime, Exchange For Change, Village of Palmetto Bay, City of Homestead, Chamber South, Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce, Branches, Inc, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and South Miami Parks and Recreation.
ArtSouth Youth Programs also connects with senior adults through visual arts classes and workshops in painting, drawing, and mixed media. Seasonal visual arts workshops are offered with any resulting revenue used to contribute to ArtSouth’s programs for families and children who lack access to the arts because of economic constraints. The Art Behind Bars program at Everglades Correctional Institution offers inmates access to visual arts education and a cooperative studio environment, and ArtSouth empowers Art Dorm artists to create and exhibit projects both within the prison and in external galleries.
ArtSouth’s leadership team includes founders Ellie Schneiderman and the late I. Stanley Levine, ArtSouth Board Chair Janis Klein Cohen, Board Secretary Beatriz Herrmann, Art Director Maximo Caminero, and Board Treasurer Wendy Robbins.
Last updated May 30, 2026.
• Ages: 4–17 years old
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm
• Price: Most programs are free or charge minimal affordable costs to compensate for restricted funding expenses.
ArtSouth’s artists-as-teachers and professionals in the field provide the after school, summer camp, no-school holiday and weekend workshops, field trips, and year-round classes for children ages 4–17. ArtSouth’s award-winning artists-as-teachers embody a wide range of skills, talents, and expertise, and their exhibitions and performances have received critical acclaim. The mission of ArtSouth is to inspire understanding and appreciation of the arts for historically underrepresented communities by providing inclusive cultural access to exhibitions, performances, and educational programs.
Since 2000, ArtSouth has impacted thousands of families and generated vitality into struggling Miami Dade County neighborhoods, and in 2013 it expanded from Homestead into a central location to impact an expanded population. ArtSouth’s youth educational programs have received numerous awards, honors, and grants. The organization works with community partners including Chapman Charities, The Rotary Club, The City of South Miami, Miami Dade College, Florida Department of Corrections, Silent Victims of Crime, Exchange For Change, Village of Palmetto Bay, City of Homestead, Chamber South, Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce, Branches, Inc, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and South Miami Parks and Recreation.
ArtSouth Youth Programs also connects with senior adults through visual arts classes and workshops in painting, drawing, and mixed media. Seasonal visual arts workshops are offered with any resulting revenue used to contribute to ArtSouth’s programs for families and children who lack access to the arts because of economic constraints. The Art Behind Bars program at Everglades Correctional Institution offers inmates access to visual arts education and a cooperative studio environment, and ArtSouth empowers Art Dorm artists to create and exhibit projects both within the prison and in external galleries.
ArtSouth’s leadership team includes founders Ellie Schneiderman and the late I. Stanley Levine, ArtSouth Board Chair Janis Klein Cohen, Board Secretary Beatriz Herrmann, Art Director Maximo Caminero, and Board Treasurer Wendy Robbins.
Last updated May 30, 2026.
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