ArtsConnection

In-school programs in fy 23, Artsconnection's faculty of 120 teaching artists worked with staff to successfully deepen our work in schools. We moved from working in 100 schools to 79 schools and doing the same quantity of work with 21,500 students, in dance, theater, music, media, and the visual arts. Instruction involved 15-30 sessions for classes on one or more grade levels with a varied mix of family events, performances, and/or professional development workshops for educators at each site. Professional learning programs:artsconnection's professional learning programs provide a diversity of workshops in-person or virtual and online resources to help strengthen teaching and learning for adults working with young people and interested in integrating the arts into their work. This fiscal year we launched the httpsteachwithartsconnectionorg website filled with free activities, resources, and tools for educators and anyone working with young people.

Teen programs Artsconnection's out-of-school-time teen programs also provided mostly in -person programming during fy 23, reaching about 550 students with opportunities for their artistic expression, experiential learning, leadership development, and building career paths in the creative industries. Programs included: discussion and critical analysis of the arts, while creating original written, visual, performative, and/or multimedia work in response; studying the art of curating and producing an art exhibition; collaborative multi-media art-making on a teen-chosen theme; individual skill-building in the arts; paid program internships; and an arts-focused college and career readiness program.