LEAF is on a mission to connect cultures and create community through world music, arts education, preservation, and experiences.
Teaching Artist Residencies
30 Resident Teaching Artists | 5 Visiting Teaching Artists | 30+ Kennedy Center BCS Teachers | 37 Unique Cultural Arts Programs | 157 Youths Attending LEAF Summer Camps | 3598+ Youth Participants | 88,000+ Youth Participants Since 2004
LEAF’s Teaching Artist Residencies come to you! Classes are a standing invitation — to pick up a drum, learn a step, strum a chord, or find your voice. Beginners and lifelong learners sit side by side here, and everyone belongs from the very first class.
LEAF @ Grier is partnering with the Lake Eden Reunion to provide visiting teaching artists in a space that holds 45 years of festival traditions.
In 2026, LEAF is partnering with Lake Eden Reunion to welcome the launch of the commemorative coffee table book — Live Life Like a Festival — celebrating 30 years of LEAF (Lake Eden Arts Festival) at Lake Eden. This reunion is its celebration, bringing to life traditions we love while dreaming and playing to see what emerges for the next legacy gathering to carry us into the future. Grey Eagle Music Hall, the original host of festivals at Lake Eden from 1983-1989, is collaborating to curate music and be the ticketing partner for passes. Join us October 16 -18 in celebration of those who love the land, culture, and community that has gathered at Lake Eden over the last 45 years.
International Outreach
10 Countries | 15 Programs | 18 Culture keepers & teaching artists | 4 ONEmic Studios | 122 Cultural Exchanges to Date (since 09) | 7700+ youth participants in LEAF International programs since 2006
At LEAF International, culture is a living torch passed hand to hand across generations. Across 10 countries, LEAF partners with local culture Keepers to teach traditional arts to youth in their own groups.
The people they serve own and lead the programs —preserving what makes each place unique while empowering youth as global citizens. From Rwanda's Intore drum to Panama's Guna Yala flute, from Bequia's steel pan to Guatemala's marimba. More than 700+ youth learn traditional arts each week.
Summer Camp 2027: Info Coming Soon
June 14 - August 13Starting at $300/weekScholarships Available!
Get involved
LEAF membership places you inside a global community rooted in cultural curiosity, education, and preservation. Your membership directly fuels programs that create real impact: supporting cultural traditions across 10 countries, bringing arts education into local classrooms, and aiding musicians and visual artists recovering from the Helene floods. It's meaningful support, sustained year-round by people who believe in the arts.
Partners and sponsors play a vital role in bringing LEAF's programs and experiences to life. By contributing financial support, in-kind resources, or collaborative expertise, partners help make arts and cultural programming more accessible while connecting with engaged audiences and demonstrating their commitment to a thriving, creative community.