CultureWorks’ mission is to cultivate creativity, build community, and empower students through affordable, accessible, transformative arts education. We provide a nurturing environment where professional teaching artists and designers work with middle and high school students from all backgrounds to inspire curiosity, develop talent, and build 21st century skills. We recruit artistically inclined students facing various barriers to arts education due to psychological, physical, or social challenges and/or geographical, financial, or transportation limitations. We overcome these limitations by offering a pay-what-you-can system of registration and providing transportation to and from programming.