Arts Bubble 19464
The Arts Bubble 19464 is an initiative formed by a group of Pottstown HS and Pottsgrove HS, and now aided by students from The Hill School, Owen J. Roberts, Daniel Boone HS and students from Bayard Rustin HS (the Exton Arts Bubble) and the Center for Performing and Fine Arts at Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School, to maintain a free cultural arts program available to area teens. When 95% of the students were coming from the 19464 area, the students urged Arts Bubble Founding Director, Aileen Lynch-McCulloch to move the program to Pottstown. West Chester students from Bayard Rustin HS and the Center for Performing and Fine Arts at PA Leadership Charter School asked for opportunities in Exton/West Chester.
The Arts Bubble project is a fiscally sponsored program of The Arts and Athletics Club in 2025. The project began during the pandemic in Norristown with a production of Chicago and then All Together Now, under the name The Arts Bubble, fiscally sponsored by Centre Theatre. In 2022, 2023 and 2024 the project was sponsored by the Tri County Community Network, but the company's growth required a move to an organization more focused on performing arts.
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The program is constantly growing, and in 2025 will present THREE different shows, perform at the Pottstown Farm events during the summer, and work with dozens of students. ALL programs are FREE to participants and audience members - although we constantly ask for donations. We survive solely on privately donated support. ​
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The Arts Bubble initiative provides an opportunity for high school students and recent graduates to work together on self-expression throughout the year (cabarets, art days, leadership classes, game nights and more). The year culminates annually in a fully staged summer musical. In 2025 we will add a drama and an original work!
Under McCulloch’s guidance, the program now also offers scholarships to actively participating Arts Bubble leadership to allow them to do fee based programs elsewhere outside the free summer arts program along with college scholarships for advanced training. Teens are encouraged to take on leadership roles along with acting, singing, dancing and technical support. Open auditions lead to role offers being made to ALL students who audition. Thank you for your support of this leadership and performing arts project!
