Arts Education
The Arts Education program of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission provides access to and engagement in, arts learning experiences for residents of all ages in the greater Sacramento region. The program does this by providing resources and collaborative partnership opportunities for arts organizations, social service and community organizations, schools, teaching artists, and educators to develop educational programming.
The Arts Education Program:
- Facilitates collaborations between the arts community and public and private organizations, to develop educational programming in all the performing, visual and literary arts.
- Advocates for regular arts learning activities in schools and neighborhood settings for all ages.
- Creates model arts teaching programs for replication across the region.
- Provides connections and support to artists, educators, and arts organizations working in educational and community settings.
The Arts Education Program also manages an Arts Education Resource Directory, which is a searchable database of visual and performing artists and their arts education programs. The Directory lists workshops, residencies, performances, and field trips for all ages with contact information for booking the artists.
All the teaching artists listed in the Directory have been screened for their experience and skills by the Arts Commission through a panel of regional working and teaching artists. You will see on their listings that they have been approved for either K-12 Arts or Community Arts, or both.
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