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While the fifteen selected partnerships are very different from one another, their common denominator is a commitment to artistic and educational excellence, mutual respect and shared responsibility. They also share a commitment to the concept of creating together. The featured arts organizations, and their public school and other partners are listed below:
ArtsConnection
Community Elementary
School (CES) 53
One of this organization’s long-term, in-depth programs that are models of collaborative planning and professional development for artists, teachers and administrators alike.
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Centter (Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance)
Manhattan School for Children
A high quality model of a public school/community arts school collaboration that could be replicated in many communities.
Fitton Center for Creative Arts/SPECTRA®
Harrison Elementary, Adams Elementary, Van Buren Elementary Schools, Miami University of Ohio
An arts integration project with a strong research component and an unusual genesis as part of a community plan.
Institute for Arts and Humanities Education
Paul Robeson Theme School for the Arts
An all-around high-quality and continually evolving arts integration program that has shown a particular sensitivity to the needs of the school and community on all levels.
Las Vegas Artist in Residence Collaborative
Las Vegas City and West Las Vegas Schools, Las Vegas Arts Council,
New Mexico Arts
A program that has engaged area artists who use the local culture to help teach about global issues and who also serve as role models.
Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Department of Education - Maui District, Haiku School
Modeled on the Kennedy Center’s educational partnerships program, the program has been adapted to the specific educational needs and geographical limitations of a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
New York City Opera
Martin Luther King, Jr. High School
A program that dramatically changed the students’ and teachers’ relationships with neighboring Lincoln Center and demonstrated that children, teachers and parents can be captivated by opera.
The New York Philharmonic
PS 165,108, 59, 199 171, Dual Language Middle School (Manhattan), PS 19, PS 84 (Queens), PS 39 (Brooklyn), CS 61 (Bronx)
An established, well-focused program and a good example of a multi-faceted relationship that also involves community schools of the arts.
North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools Curriculum Department, Northwest School of the Arts, Northridge Middle School, University of NC
Capturing Creativity, a project which researches the creative choreographic process and, from the information gained, is developing innovative approaches to teaching dance in the schools.
Paul Robeson and Diego Rivera Academy
Performing Arts Workshop, San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department, Department of Human Services, Department of Mental Health-Child Crisis, SF Unified School District
A pilot project involving young offenders in an intensive art-integrated and arts discipline-based program.
San Francisco, CA
Founded: 1999
Enrollment: 25, Grades: 6-8 + families
Trident Regional Arts Collaborative Endeavor (TRACE)
Berkeley County, Charleston County and Dorchester Two School Districts, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston Ballet Theater, Charleston Stage Company, Spoleto Festival, USA
An agent for artistic and educational development, not only for the schools served, but for the several arts organizations involved in this project.
Tucson Arts Connections
Tucson Unified School District, UAPresents*
A well-balanced partnership that has allowed classroom teachers to enhance their ability to teach through the arts, while developing a broader audience base for UAPresents Schooltime Matinees.
*The performing arts series of the University of Arizona.
Young Audiences/New York
Brooklyn School for Career Development (BSCD), a.k.a. P753K (special needs population)
A video and technology based project for neurologically and emotionally impaired high school students which helps prepare them for a role in the workplace.
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