With a mission of "inspiring kids for life through the arts", Arts Umbrella is a not-for-profit centre for arts education, offering visual, applied and performing arts programming for young people, ages 2 to 19. While thousands of children participate in tuition-based programs on Granville Island each year, Arts Umbrella reaches thousands more in their neighborhoods through free programs, bringing the arts to kids who otherwise would not be able to participate throughout Metro Vancouver and across the province.