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Need a craft for your classroom, an activity table at your benefit, or face painting and photo spot for your festival? Whether we are promoting at a community event, supporting a fundraiser, or executing an art lesson; CSS is always ready to create and collaborate with the community. Contact us for more information on how we can collaborate!
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CSS in the News
CSS offers a wide range of programming across the Hillsborough County area, from pre-K through 12th grade, all with a focus on development through the arts. Explore how our programs, partnerships, and community impacts are making headlines and changing lives through art, creativity, and connection.
Rising Voices on Display:
Community Stepping Stones Artwork
New artwork is now on display at Hillsborough County Center's "Rising Voices: Creative Works by Hillsborough County Youth" art exhibit. The third installation, "Boundless," is a collaborative piece that aims to capture the spirit of spring and the essence of our community.
Sulphur Springs nonprofit asks for funding to continue offering free art program to kids
For 20 years, a nonprofit in an underserved area in Tampa has been working to provide kids with a safe outlet to create art. At a city council meeting Thursday, leaders from Community Stepping Stones said they are under the constant threat of disappearing if they can’t keep enough funding to operate.
City of Tampa to vote on grant funding for Community Stepping Stones
Tampa's city council will vote today on a $75,000 grant for Community Stepping Stones in Sulphur Springs. The organization provides at-risk kids a safe environment to learn and meet new friends and features art projects to spur kids educational experience and creativeness.
Community Stepping Stones offers Sulphur Springs youths free art classes
Ed Ross is the founder and artistic director of Community Stepping Stones, a 7-year-old nonprofit that is slowly transforming one of Tampa's most maligned neighborhoods into an artistic haven.
An artistic refuge for kids in Sulphur Springs: Community Connection
Along the banks of the Hillsborough River is a refuge of sorts. Community Stepping Stones is a place where kids are physically safe. But just as important, the art center is a safe space for children to stretch their creative wings.
Tampa's Community Stepping Stones has thousands worth of technology stolen from Sulphur Springs arts program
A Sulphur Springs nonprofit that helps at-risk youth learn through art is reeling after thousands of dollars worth of technology was stolen from its office and classroom space on E River Coast Street.