Madaha Kinsey-Lamb, a former public school teacher, started Mind-Builders in 1978. The nonprofit program that uses professional, working performing artists to share their expertise and instruct the next generation has grown into a thriving organization with a $600,000-a-year budget. Mind-Builders is scheduled to move into a newly-renovated building on the corner of White Plains Road and East Gun Hill Road this fall. But for now is using an annex building at St. Brendan’s School in Norwood as a temporary home.

On Tuesday night, Kinsey-Lamb, still the program’s executive director three decades after its founding, was doing the dirty work of any nonprofit group — passing out flyers and speaking publicly at the general board meeting for Community Board 7 –to  recruit for Mind-builders’ next session of classes, which begins soon. Dance registration closes Jan. 31.

Mind-builders offers free sample classes and is now auditioning for special programs and scholarships. They provide instruction for pretty much every age group, from toddlers to adults, and includes classes for a wide variety of styles and instruments. Registration is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mind-Builders’ interim home – 260 E. 207th Street between Bainbridge and Perry avenues. For more information or to register, call (718) 652-6256 or visit the website at www.mind-builders.org.