LEAF Community Arts

Specialties

Connecting local and global cultures

Creating community through music and arts

Families * Youth * Artists * Performers * Volunteers

Collaborators * Sponsors * Customers * Staff

LEAF in Schools & Streets (LSS)

An educational outreach program matching artists with youth in schools and communities for hands-​on workshops, residencies, interactive performances and mentoring that includes opportunities for youth to perform with the artists at LEAF — and beyond.

LEAF International (LI)

Empowering youth globally through musical traditions to create self-​esteem, skills, connection, and community. Connecting youth to their local cultural traditions with local teaching artists, local instruments and costumes.

History

Established in 1995.

The bi-​annual LEAF Festival at Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain is no longer a secret. Now on its 34^th occurrence and 17^th year, its loyal following continues to grow, thanks to a reputation for family-​friendliness, consistently great music, and a fantastic setting on Lake Eden. What many people may not know about the festival, however, is that it carries on a tradition that began on the same site in the 1930s, with one of America’s earliest avant-​garde institutions, Black Mountain College.