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About Us

Partners

Sitar Arts Center partners with many of Washington, DC’s finest arts institutions to provide arts instruction of the highest quality to our students. In addition to providing teaching artists for many of our classes, partner institutions also present professional performances of their work through the Performance Series, providing our students and the greater community with an opportunity to experience a wide variety of art forms at a professional level.

Arts Partners

A Tempo Music
American University – Music Program
Anacostia Playhouse
Berklee City Music Network
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Children’s Legacy Theatre
Dance Institute of Washington
DC Arts Center
DC Jazz Festival
DC Youth Orchestra Program
Grassroots DC
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens
Levine Music
Meridian Hill Pictures
National Theatre Foundation
O Museum in the Mansion
Project Create
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Studio Acting Conservatory
The DC Fashion Foundation
The MusicShip
The Washington Ballet
Touchstone Gallery/Foundation for the Arts
Washington Improv Theater
Washington Performing Arts
Young Playwrights’ Theater
Youth Entrepreneurship Institute

Strategic Alliance

DC Arts Education Alliance
The Platform of Hope

Workforce Development Partners

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop  
College Track
Grassroots DC
Kickin’ It With Ki
Meridian Hill Pictures
The Opportunity Network
Urban Alliance  
 

Employer Partners

20 Degrees 
Sage Communications
Rita’s on MLK
Breadcoin

Community Outreach Partners

Briya
Centro Nia
Columbia Heights Education Campus
H.D. Cooke Elementary School
Hope and a Home
Jubilee Housing
Marie Reed Learning Center
Mary’s Center
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School
The Parkmont School

Sitar Arts Center is also a member of the following organizations:

Center for Nonprofit Advancement
National Guild for Community Arts Education