Stockholm School of the Arts/Kulturskolan Stockholm

Stockholm School of the Arts/Kulturskolan Stockholm (SSA), one of Europes greatest school of art for young people, is a municipality activity within the Culture administration in the City of Stockholm. SSA provides young people in the age 6-22 a wide range of cultural activities both as a leisure activity as well as cultural classes within the compulsory schools, in the fields of non formal learning.

Currently SSA reaches 15100 students and the number of staff is 350. The staff consists of managers, administrators, teachers and assistants. SSA offer subjects courses in drama/theatre, music, dance, circus, photographing, fine arts and digital storytelling (DST).

Currently there are five area 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.

SSA's StoryA project