Artistic Dreams International Inc. (ADI) was founded in 2011 to open up children's creativity and fill the void left by budget cuts to arts education in public schools. Since our founding, we have grown to serve locations across Harlem, New York City and Sonora, Mexico. Our NYC programs include visual arts, digital arts, watercolor, sculpting international chorus, theater and coding classes. ADI’s mission is to nurture youth 6-15 years of age to become creative world citizens that can transform their lives and the communities they live in, through the arts. We teach our students to be confident and create change from within, in order to create the future they want for themselves, their families, their communities and the world. By eliminating art classes, schools are limiting students to a small set of learning methods that may cause them to struggle, lose confidence and give up. We help students regain their confidence, excel academically, emotionally, and socially, and become future leaders who use their skills to change their communities and the world.