St. Louis, Missouri
Creativity Can Change a Life. Opportunity Can Change a Community.
Urban Creative Artist Network Foundation empowers artists, creatives, youth, and aspiring entrepreneurs with access to education, resources, mentorship, funding opportunities, and creative experiences that help turn potential into possibility.
Supporting artists and creatives in North St. Louis and throughout the St. Louis region.
Learn · Create
Connect · Grow
Who We Are
Creativity Deserves the Opportunity to Grow.
Urban Creative Artist Network Foundation, also known as UCAN Foundation, creates pathways for artists and creative-minded individuals to learn, connect, develop their talents, and pursue economic and professional opportunities.
Through education, mentorship, access to resources, community programming, and financial support, UCAN works to remove barriers that can prevent talented people from turning their creativity into sustainable opportunities.
What We Do
LEARN
Creative Education
Workshops, classes, speakers, and learning experiences help participants build creative, professional, entrepreneurial, and life skills.
CREATE
Arts & Creative Experiences
Hands-on experiences allow youth and adults to discover, explore, and develop their talents across creative disciplines.
CONNECT
Community & Mentorship
UCAN connects creatives with mentors, professionals, collaborators, organizations, and opportunities.
GROW
Resources & Financial Support
UCAN works to provide resources, supplies, microgrants, and access opportunities that help creatives continue developing their work.
Featured Program
Performing Arts Exploration Program
Discover. Learn. Create. Perform.
UCAN Foundation's performing arts programming provides youth and adults in North St. Louis with opportunities to explore creative careers and experiences in the performing arts.
Participants gain exposure to creative disciplines, industry professionals, mentorship, educational experiences, and hands-on opportunities designed to help them discover what is possible.
Expanding Our Impact
Additional funding will support:
- More workshops
- More instructors
- More industry mentors
- Creative supplies
- Increased participant capacity
- Career development
- Entrepreneurship education
- Performances
- Showcase opportunities
- Creative resources
- Micro-support for participants
Talent Is Everywhere.
Access Isn't.
North St. Louis is filled with artists, musicians, performers, entrepreneurs, and creative thinkers with ideas capable of transforming their lives and their communities.
UCAN Foundation works to help ensure that opportunity is not determined by ZIP code.
By bringing arts education, mentorship, resources, funding, and creative experiences closer to the community, UCAN helps create pathways for people to explore their talents and imagine new possibilities.
Building a Stronger Creative Ecosystem
Increase Access
Expand access to arts education and creative opportunities.
Develop Talent
Help participants identify and strengthen their creative abilities.
Create Economic Pathways
Expose creatives to careers, entrepreneurship, business education, and income-generating opportunities.
Build Connections
Connect creatives with mentors, organizations, businesses, and collaborators.
Invest in Ideas
Provide resources and financial support that can help creative projects move forward.
Invest in Creativity.
Invest in Community.
Every creative idea begins with possibility.
Your support helps UCAN Foundation provide workshops, instructors, supplies, mentorship, creative experiences, resources, and opportunities for artists and aspiring creatives.
Whether someone gives $10, $25, $100, or becomes a major partner, every contribution helps create more opportunities for creativity to grow.