East Side Arts Council

Give to the Max Day (GTMD) 2024 has begun, we invite you to support our mission by making a donation to East Side Arts Council. 

When you make a donation to ESAC, you support free after-school programs where individuals of all ages, Youth and Seniors thrive in an Art fostered environment taught by local Artists. Help bring diverse Art into the space where we continue to expand our reach from the East Side of St Paul to North St Paul and further.

We would like to thank GIVEMN.org for making this possible. 

The mission of the East Side Arts Council is to collaborate with our community and Artists to celebrate and experience the Arts.

At ESAC, youth programming is a main focus. We serve inner city youth attending East Side schools, most with over 80% of the student population on the free and reduced lunch program. Our out-of-school day camps act as an equalizer for our youth, who would not normally get to experience quality art programming. The field trips we take also allow students to have the experience of going to see a play, visiting a museum or walking around an out door sculpture park. These experiences, that children in more affluent neighborhoods have the privilege of going to with their families or with their more aptly funded and parent supported schools, are ones that our youth might never experience otherwise.