A Rainey in every neighborhood of Cleveland is a whisper, a dream, a seed planted when you visit Rainey Institute in Hough. When summer campers are gathered singing Rainey Songs; when students are picking up an instrument and learning to play with a mentor; and when students are sculpting, animating, stepping, pirouetting, and reciting lines of poetry, you imagine what this dream would mean if every child in Cleveland had access to it.

After more than 100 years in Hough, and with off-site programs located in schools and recreation centers throughout Cleveland, Rainey Institute is opening a second location on Cleveland’s west side in Clark-Fulton. Our new space at the Pivot Center for Art, Dance, and Expression will allow Rainey to expand our program offerings on the west side, form deeper partnerships with schools and the community, and enrich the lives of even more Cleveland youth through engagement and education in the visual and performing arts.

Anchored by existing tenants such as the Cleveland Museum of Art, Inlet Dance Theatre, and LatinUS Theatre Company, Rainey’s expansion to the Pivot Center fills the need for exploratory and mastery-based opportunities in music in this neighborhood, with our El Sistema orchestral program inaugurating the space this fall. Future programs will include pre-school arts, teen programs, and summer camps.