Stockholm School of the Arts

Stockholm School of Arts/Kulturskolan Stockholm (SSA), one of Europe’s greatest schools of art for young people, is a municipality activity within the Culture administration in the City of Stockholm. The Stockholm School of the Arts provides a wide range leisure activities for young people aged 6-22 years who reside in the city of Stockholm. Courses cover a wide range of activities in music, drama, dance, fine art and media. There are currently 15000 young people enrolled and the organisation hosts a staff of 350 teachers, technicians and administrative personnel. The activities include the Centre of Recourses for young people with special needs. Stockholm School of the Arts aims to give all young people opportunities to participate in cultural activities and express themselves artistically regardless of their abilities, family or economic circumstances.
Currently there are five areas of units around the city with the organization's own properties holding theatre stages, rehearsal rooms for music and dance halls etc. Every year SSA produces approximately 1000 music concerts, theatre and dance performances and exhibitions all around the city. The aim is to provide young people a cultural experience and ability to express themselves through art, regardless of their living circumstances. SSA also provides adult education, in-service training for teachers and work experiences for teacher students. Since 2002 Stockholm School of Arts collaborates and cooperates in different EU-projects within the field of Youth, Education and the INTERREG programmes.
SSA is the Eurodesk contact point located in Stockholm, providing young people in Europe support in work-, study- and work experiences situations.