Providing all children the opportunity to explore their inner artist to create a kinder, more empathetic world.

Inspiring creativity while creating opportunity:

   • We create space for children to engage in hands-on exploration of the arts.

   • We collaborate with artists in our community to share their passion for the arts.

   • We develop the artist in every member of our team.

We Create Fun – We encourage creativity, humor, and the celebration of our Serious Fun children, families, and team.

We Are Kind – We nurture positivity, empathy, support, and patience while guiding and leading through example.

We Foster Excellence – We cultivate an environment of accountability, with a commitment to mutual respect, clear communication, and growth.

We Believe In Balance – We appreciate that a well-balanced life requires both the “Serious” and the “Fun”, for our team, our children and our families.

We are a diverse team of educators and teaching artists, who are committed to upholding Serious Fun’s mission and values to provide the highest quality after school program and best experience for our families. Serious Fun’s site management team has childcare education and experience, and we employ professional artists who are dedicated to providing our students access to high caliber arts enrichment.  We offer limited class sizes, differentiated by age, for more individualized attention.

Unlike traditional drop-off classes, Serious Fun is a registered and licensed New York State School Age Child Care (SACC) provider. Registration as a licensed SACC center requires that all of our staff, both Supervisory Staff and Teaching Artists, undergo a thorough background checks through the New York State Central Register and participate in ongoing child care training, including child abuse recognition and reporting. Registration certifies that Serious Fun has met all the conditions set by New York State and the City of New York to qualify as a child care provider.

Serious Fun After School is a not for profit, 501c3 organization that provides arts enrichment as part of a complete after school child care program, with a mission to inspire creativity while creating opportunity.