DÕA Academy of the Arts
DÕA Academy of the Arts

Chapter I Arrive

DÕA Academy of the Arts · Sacramento

You have arrived.

Step in. The light finds you. Take your stage.

An artistic home for Legends in grades 3 to 12. The Founding Session opens Fall 2027.

Join the waitlist
Four illustrated Legends in marigold, oxblood and teal sing into microphones with arms flung wide, caught mid-note.

Every Legend walks in with a whole story.

Make yours. Then watch it walk with you, page by page.

The age picks the drawing. Storybook, comic book, graphic novel, then the screen: the same way this site unfolds.

I · StorybookArrive
II · Comic bookBe seen
III · Graphic novelBelong
IV · CinemaStep in
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Chapter II Be seen

Take your stage!

Legends making things, in every medium. A beat, a brush, a camera, a stage.

Five illustrated Legends make a short film: one on camera, one on a boom mic, one holding a reflector, two directing the scene.
Film
Illustrated Legend in an orange shirt singing into a handheld microphone, arms wide, eyes shut with joy.
Voice
Illustrated Legend in a teal hijab and oxblood trousers holding up a comedy mask, striking a stage pose.
Theater
Six illustrated Legends share a rhythm on bongos, cajón and a hand drum, clapping and laughing together.
Instruments
Illustrated Legend with glasses reading a poem aloud from a page, a speech box above and sound lines around.
Poetry
Six illustrated Legends rehearse a playful theater scene with colored blocks, one reading, one striking a pose.
Theater
Illustrated Legend in a wheelchair with headphones on, hands on a mixing board, smiling at the sound.
Production
Your Legend

Take your stage.

Meet the Legends

Chapter III Belong

We are their artistic home.

Legends · Teaching Artists · Mentors

Mission

We are their artistic home. Craft taught by working artists, in rooms built for the work, for every Legend who walks in.

Vision

A home where creativity, health and community grow together, and Legends leave as artists, makers and leaders who shape what comes next.

Equity

Legends thriving from every corner of Sacramento, Yolo, and surrounding areas. Every Legend belongs. All Legends welcome. Generous scholarship opportunities keep the doors and love open.

Six illustrated Legends in teal, marigold and oxblood sing and dance in a loose line, microphones up.

Legendary Framework™

Bring your artist. Prepare to have your Legend seen and heard.

Three beats and five lights. One page says it all.

Read the Legendary Framework™

Chapter IV Step in

Legends Pro: Teaching Artists, Mentors & Leadership

Warmth & Excellence

They believe in you and they expect professional work.

Painted portrait of Derek Allen in a dark jacket seated with his hands clasped, an upright bass and framed records behind him, in a carved wooden gallery frame.
Derek AllenChief Executive OfficerBio on its way.
Painted bust portrait of RJ Mabanta in glasses, a dark green jacket and a patterned pocket square, smiling warmly, in a wooden gallery frame.
RJ MabantaMFA · MAEdChief Operating OfficerBio on its way.
Joe ArchieVice PresidentBio on its way.
Marcus WrightChief Financial OfficerBio on its way.
The whole gallery

Room by room

Rooms built for the work.

Three illustrated Legends in the DOA Academy lobby: one waving with a folder, one seated on a cajón, one gesturing toward the lit DOA sign above a dark marble desk.

Lobby

The threshold. The light finds you here.

Illustrated Legends singing and dancing on the Performance Room stage, cream curtains behind them and rows of wooden chairs in front.

Performance Room

Your stage. Then your story goes out into the room.

Rendering of the Drum and Percussions room: three drum kits and congas on wooden flooring under warm track lighting and a lit wall sign.

Coming Soon

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Drum & Percussions

Three kits, one pulse.

Rendering of the Brass Room: trumpets and saxophones lit on a wall display, music stands and stools on a wood floor, arched windows and a piano.

Coming Soon

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Brass Room

Breath becomes sound.

Five illustrated Legends hold records in the Vinyl Center, surrounded by shelves of albums, turntables and a world map under pendant lights.

Vinyl Center

Dig, listen, learn where the sound came from.

Visit and rooms

DÕA Satellite Sites

The light travels.

Satellite Site Schools · coming soon

Partnership programs with district Expanded Learning Opportunities departments, so Legends meet DÕA at their own school.

How Satellite Sites work
Six illustrated Legends paint a large mural of leaves and shapes together across a wide table, brushes in hand.

Founding Session · Fall 2027

Save a seat for your Legend.

Bring your artist. Prepare to have your Legend seen and heard. The Inaugural Cohort starts here.

Not ready for a seat yet? Join the update list for open houses, Virtual Interest Meetings and Listening and Q&A sessions.

Crafts they're drawn to

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Make your Legend

Make your Legend

Your Legend

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