About Us

NOLArts Learning Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit which creates opportunities for young people with autism and other special needs to engage with the New Orleans cultural community through creative projects, performances and events. 

Through advocacy and education, NOLArts promotes inclusion and acceptance of diverse abilities. 

​Through access programs, NOLArts organizes and assists groups of young people with autism to participate in the mainstream community’s cultural institutions and events, including parades, museums and public performances.

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Services

• periodic performance, creative arts and community access groups

Community

• community activities include films, galleries and concerts

• partnership with Preservation Hall Jazz Foundation

• public art displays

• festival performances

Population

• autism

• sensory integration
disorder

• cognitive impairment

• ADD/ADHD

• learning disabilities

• anxiety

• other special needs
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Team

• Kate Lacour is a board-certified art therapist and registered ABA line tech. .

• Sarah Ambrose has a Master's in Music Education and is a registered ABA line tech.
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• Taylor Cheek is a coach and tutor, registered ABA line tech, and the former director of Sensory Friendly programming at the Louisiana Children's Museum.