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Arts in EducationOur Arts in Education grantmaking program supports equitable educational opportunities for students using arts integrated and culturally informed instruction, including sustained professional development for public school teachers. Funding will be directed toward programs that seek to enhance students’ educational outcomes in public Pre-K through grade 12 classrooms rather than to simply increase participation in, or appreciation for, the arts.
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American Conservatory Theater
American Conservatory Theater (ACT) (San Francisco, CA) For general operating support. ACT is an essential gathering place that brings artists and communities together to inspire and provoke. Previous LNFF grants supported ACTsmart residency programming in 7 San Francisco continuation or Title 1 high schools. Residencies are in-depth, long term partnerships where ACT integrates theater into classroom curriculum based on each school's population and specific needs. All residencies are free of charge to students and participating schools. Arts Corps
Arts Corps (Seattle, WA) For general operating support. Arts Corps' programs address the race and income-based opportunity gap in access to arts education. Through participation in Arts Corps' arts integration, out-of-school arts, and teen leadership programs, youth experience the transformative power of creativity and gain a deepened belief in their own capacity to learn, take risks, persist, and achieve. Arts for the Schools
Arts for the Schools (Truckee, CA) For general operating support. Arts for the Schools inspires, teaches and builds their rural communities through equitable access to the arts and arts education. Previous LNFF grants supported the Visual Arts Program in the Truckee Tahoe Unified School District. This program provides weekly visits from teaching artists for nine schools in science, social studies, and math, reaching 40+ classrooms, as well as whole-school arts integration and professional development training for teaching artists and school staff. Arts Impact
Arts Impact (Seattle, WA) For general operating support. Arts Impact is a two-year professional development program that empowers preschool through 8th grade teachers to incorporate the arts into their students’ basic education (math, reading, and writing). The program emphasizes hands-on learning and one-on-one artist/teacher mentorships to address the critical needs of teachers, students, and schools. Chicago Arts Partnerships In Education
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) (Chicago, IL) For general operating support. CAPE engages students, inspires teachers, and demonstrates impact by weaving visual, digital, and performing arts into classrooms across Chicago. Previous LNFF grants supported Arts Integration residencies in Chicago public schools. CAPE teaching artists and classroom teachers collaborate to integrate music, visual arts, dance, digital media, and drama into their academic lessons in order to improve academic and social-emotional outcomes such as creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration skills. Creative Justice
Creative Justice (Seattle, WA) For general operating support. Creative Justice builds community with youth most impacted by the school-to-prison-(to-deportation) pipeline. Participants and mentor artists work together to examine the root causes of incarceration, like systemic racism and other forms of oppression, creating art that articulates the power and potential of our communities. Youth and mentor artists engaged in Creative Justice attack systemic issues that contribute to our oppression, while building healing-centered spaces that strengthen the protective factors that help us all to thrive. Creative Advantage
Creative Advantage (Seattle, WA) For general operating support programming within Seattle Public Schools (SPS). Creative Advantage is a city-wide initiative to establish equitable access to arts learning for every SPS student. Previous LNFF grants included support to bring Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to secondary school Language Arts and Social Studies teachers to integrate theatre in the new Ethnic Studies curriculum in the SPS. |
Exploring the Arts
Exploring the Arts (ETA) (New York, NY) For general operating support. Exploring the Arts transforms the lives of young people through arts education. Previous LNFF grants supported ETA's 4-Year Plan, which offers professional learning sessions, curriculum planning, artist residencies, and cultural field trips through a partnership with four Manhattan schools. Additional grant funds also supported a pilot program in four NY middle schools to create whole school arts integration. Ingenuity
Ingenuity (Chicago, IL) For general operating support. Ingenuity’s mission is to ensure that every student, in every grade, in every school, has access to the arts as part of a well-rounded education. Their work focuses on four primary strategies: data and research, partnerships and learning, advocacy, and investing directly in Chicago public schools to bolster arts programming. KENNEDY CENTER - CHANGING EDUCATION THROUGH THE ARTS and Turnaround Arts
Kennedy Center Changing Education Through the Arts (CETA) and Turnaround Arts (Washington D.C.) General operating support for CETA and Turnaround Arts programming. CETA is dedicated to improving student learning through arts-integrated instruction through D.C.-area schools, professional learning opportunities for teachers, Arts Integration conferences, and ongoing assessment and evaluation for consistent school-wide program development. Turnaround Arts transforms Priority- and Focus-designated elementary and middle schools through the strategic use of the arts. Previous LNFF grants included support for Turnaround Arts' Summer Leadership Retreat, a keystone national event that connects some of the nation's lowest performing schools with professional development. MindfulArts
MindFul Arts (San Francisco, CA) For general operating support. MindFul Arts provides volunteer-facilitated mindfulness instruction to SFUSD students through a partnership with the San Francisco Education Fund. Using storytelling, as well as visual and performing arts activities, students learn focusing techniques to cultivate the skill of present moment awareness to improve attention, self-regulation, and social-emotional learning so that all students can have the opportunity to thrive. Washington State Arts Commission
Washington State Arts Commission (Olympia, WA) General operating support for Washington State Arts Commission’s Creative Start programming. Creative Start programming aims to increase access to arts-integration practices in early learning and K-3 settings building on ongoing inter-agency collaborations with The Office of the Superintendent of Instruction, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, The Teaching Artist Training Lab, ARTs Impact (Washington), and Wolf Trap education programs (National). WOLF TRAP INSTITUTE FOR EARLY LEARNING
Through THE ARTS Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts (Vienna, VA) General operating support for Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts’ Institute for Early Learning. Previous LNFF support included bringing ‘Creativity Connects’ symposia and one-week teaching artist residencies, as well as workshops and seminars to further introduce Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning’s programming in arts integration. Wolf Trap is a national leader in early childhood education and the arts. |