Help us bring tech-forward art programs to schools.

3% Cover the Fee

More ways to give

  • Become a sustaining supporter with a monthly gift. Even $10/month helps keep our classrooms full of creativity.

  • Many employers will match your donation — doubling your impact. Check with your HR department and let us know if you need any forms.

  • Got gently used tech, art supplies, or classroom gear? We’ll put them to good use in the hands of young artists. Contact lauren@yeahart.org with in-kind donations.

  • Looking to make a bigger impact? Reach out to sponsor an entire school program and help us expand our reach. Contact mike@yeahart.org to sponsor a program.

  • Celebrate a loved one by donating in their name. We’ll send a personalized message to let them know how their legacy lives on in our classrooms. Contact jaronn@yeahart.org to donate in the name of someone’s estate.

  • From birthday fundraisers to community events, there are countless ways to rally your circle around the arts. We’ll even help you get started. Contact cj@yeahart.org to host your own fundraiser.

13
school sites

Yeah, Art! is proud to partner with 13 schools across the Bay Area — with a focused presence in Oakland’s highest-priority Districts 2 and 6 — delivering tech-forward arts programming directly into classrooms that need it most.

350
students served

Since Fall 2023, we’ve reached over 350 students, helping K-12 artists unlock their creativity through songwriting, animation, 3D design, and more.

1,715
teaching hours

Our team has clocked 1,715 hours of direct instruction in the past year, bringing culturally relevant, high-impact arts education into underfunded schools.

15
teaching artists

We employ 15 local Teaching Artists — affectionately called Big Kids — and pay them $125/hour for their expertise. Since Fall 2023, we’ve paid out $180,381.25 in wages (plus another $25,000 to contractors), ensuring artists are compensated fairly and sustainably,

Community feedback

  • “An exciting innovation in arts education. Yeah, Art! is bridging the past with our present as they work with students to create the future. No longer will budget cuts deprive students from their own creative development.”

    Dr. Kendra Ferguson, CEO & Chief of Schools, KIPP Collegiate School

  • “Yeah, Art! students are learning they can be their own artists as well as collaborators. I’ve never seen so many young people liberated through music in such a short time.”

    Dame Drummer, Artist & Yeah, Art! Teacher (Music Production and Spoken Word)

  • “The Yeah, Art! faculty is gifted with students of all walks of life. Executive Director Ja Ronn Thompson is uniquely blessed with the ability to get young people to follow his lead with enthusiasm, curiosity and joy.”

    Terrance Kelly, Director, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir

  • “It’s been fantastic having Yeah, Art! in my classroom. As young working artists, they can connect with the students I find harder to reach. They’ve infused my music program with enthusiasm and joy. This has been a complete success.”

    Randy Porter, Music Director, Roosevelt Middle School

  • “What Yeah, Art! does is so important. In the real world, when you want to apply what you’ve learned in school, you need to know how to use technology. Programs like Yeah, Art! give students a real world application to music.”

    Karina Flonnoy, Sound Engineer and Founder of Studio X Recording