Arts on the Horizon
Arts on the Horizon, 2001 Sherwood Hall Ln, Alexandria, VA 22313
About
Arts on the Horizon offers afterschool programming, summer camps, storytimes, workshops, classes, birthday parties, and performances for children. The program’s arts education activities include creative drama exercises, storytelling, and crafts. It has also created 27 world premiere productions for children and their families, including its inaugural production of Drumming with Dishes.
• Ages: 0–6 years old
Arts on the Horizon was founded as a professional, non-profit theatre company with a specific focus on performances and education programs for young people ages 0 to 6 years old and their families. Its productions are often nonverbal and incorporate elements connected to various child developmental milestones, with a sensory-rich environment that uses vibrant imagery, music, sound effects, movement, and tactile moments where children interact with objects used in the performance. The productions often include repetitive physical movement in storytelling and show cooperation and creativity, empathy among characters, conflict resolution through teamwork, and exploration of new places and activities.
The arts education programming includes creative drama exercises that focus on refining and developing fine and gross motor skills, expanding vocabulary and problem solving skills, and serving as a catalyst for creative play outside of class. All classes and camps focus on creative expression; tactile, kinesthetic, and auditory learning skills; developmentally appropriate movement; storytelling; and crafts. The organization states, “We’re not in the business to produce better actors but to help nurture better human beings.”
Arts on the Horizon’s stated values include centering heart, joy, and play in everything it does; prioritizing physical and mental health and safety; a commitment to accessibility and inclusion; removing barriers for staff, artists, teaching artists, and patrons; a commitment to equitable hiring and casting; fostering and reflecting a sense of community; and valuing collaboration. It commits to producing high-quality, joyful, innovative productions for very young children and their families, focusing on clear and accessible storytelling, and providing arts education programming that focuses on social emotional learning with an emphasis on cooperation, understanding and empathy for others, and strengthening problem solving skills and self-esteem. It also commits to being a safe, creative place for families to gather and children to play, to developing and fostering innovative work for very young children as a leader in the Theatre for the Very Young community, and to creating inclusive and accessible programs that are affordable for families.
Arts on the Horizon has partnered with schools, community centers, performing arts centers, theater companies, universities, and nonprofit organizations across the DC metro area, including schools in Northern Virginia and local businesses and organizations, to introduce more young people to theatre. Michelle is the founder of Arts on the Horizon. After almost 15 years of arts education programming and original performances for children ages 0–6, Arts on the Horizon will be closing on December 31, 2025.
Last updated July 18, 2026.
• Ages: 0–6 years old
Arts on the Horizon was founded as a professional, non-profit theatre company with a specific focus on performances and education programs for young people ages 0 to 6 years old and their families. Its productions are often nonverbal and incorporate elements connected to various child developmental milestones, with a sensory-rich environment that uses vibrant imagery, music, sound effects, movement, and tactile moments where children interact with objects used in the performance. The productions often include repetitive physical movement in storytelling and show cooperation and creativity, empathy among characters, conflict resolution through teamwork, and exploration of new places and activities.
The arts education programming includes creative drama exercises that focus on refining and developing fine and gross motor skills, expanding vocabulary and problem solving skills, and serving as a catalyst for creative play outside of class. All classes and camps focus on creative expression; tactile, kinesthetic, and auditory learning skills; developmentally appropriate movement; storytelling; and crafts. The organization states, “We’re not in the business to produce better actors but to help nurture better human beings.”
Arts on the Horizon’s stated values include centering heart, joy, and play in everything it does; prioritizing physical and mental health and safety; a commitment to accessibility and inclusion; removing barriers for staff, artists, teaching artists, and patrons; a commitment to equitable hiring and casting; fostering and reflecting a sense of community; and valuing collaboration. It commits to producing high-quality, joyful, innovative productions for very young children and their families, focusing on clear and accessible storytelling, and providing arts education programming that focuses on social emotional learning with an emphasis on cooperation, understanding and empathy for others, and strengthening problem solving skills and self-esteem. It also commits to being a safe, creative place for families to gather and children to play, to developing and fostering innovative work for very young children as a leader in the Theatre for the Very Young community, and to creating inclusive and accessible programs that are affordable for families.
Arts on the Horizon has partnered with schools, community centers, performing arts centers, theater companies, universities, and nonprofit organizations across the DC metro area, including schools in Northern Virginia and local businesses and organizations, to introduce more young people to theatre. Michelle is the founder of Arts on the Horizon. After almost 15 years of arts education programming and original performances for children ages 0–6, Arts on the Horizon will be closing on December 31, 2025.
Last updated July 18, 2026.
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