Destiny Arts Center is celebrating 35 years of inspiring and igniting social change through the arts. A nationally recognized leader in creative youth development, Destiny offers financially accessible and professionally taught dance, martial arts, and theater classes at our North Oakland center, alongside intensive arts partnerships with schools, community centers, and juvenile justice facilities. Through all Destiny programs, we provide skills training in the arts as well as improved mental health, leadership, creative problem solving, and self-expression.

Through the generosity of community members like you, each year Destiny Arts Center serves over 4,500 young people ages 3-18 and reaches over 20,000 audience members.