Awards Support Projects Ranging From Culturally-relevant Instruction to Creative Workforce Pathways
In August, the Los Angeles County Arts Education Collective (formerly Arts For All) announced $748,400 in one-year matching grants to 42 school districts, including three charter networks through its Advancement Grant Program.
Now in its sixteenth year, the Arts Ed Collective is dedicated to making the arts core in public education by working with school districts and community arts partners to increase the quality, quantity and equity of arts instruction provided in schools. Since 2002 the Arts Ed Collective has offered a continuum of services to school districts including coaching for strategic planning and arts coordination, Countywide networking opportunities and funding for implementation.
The Advancement Grant Program offers flexible and responsive financial support, helping districts build necessary infrastructure to expand quality arts instruction in dance, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts for all of their students.
The 2018/19 Advancement Grant awards range from $6,900 to $22,900 for projects that include: professional development for teachers, culturally relevant in-school performances for students, the expansion of district-wide arts-integrated curriculum, the hiring of full-time staff, the development of college and career arts pathways, the purchasing of materials and more.
“Supporting school districts in their efforts to make quality arts education available to all LA County public school students is central to our mission,” said LA County Arts Commission Director of Arts Education Denise Grande. “This year, through the generosity of our Funders Council, we are pleased to be expanding the Advancement Grant Program, offering more funding to more districts than ever before.”
The Advancement Grant Program is underwritten by the LA County Arts Ed Collective Funders Council, with dedicated support from The Boeing Company, Herb Alpert Foundation, The Angell Foundation, The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, The Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation, Rosenthal Family Foundation and The Dwight Stuart Youth Fund. Music education projects that are part of the Advancement Grant Program receive dedicated funding from Colburn Foundation and The Music Man Foundation. Established in 2004, the LA County Arts Ed Collective Funders Council is a collaborative of public and private funders that serves as a vehicle for sharing knowledge, developing strategy and strengthening arts education across LA County by both giving on the local level and supporting larger efforts towards system change by contributing to the work of the Arts Ed Collective. Since its inception, the Funders Council has invested more than $10.8 million in LA County arts education.
“Expanding arts education is one of the core initiatives of the Arts Commission,” said LA County Arts Commission Executive Director Kristin Sakoda. “Making arts and culture more accessible to all LA County residents begins long before the museum door or the theatre lobby. In many cases, a classroom is a child’s first gallery, stage, dance hall or music studio. In ensuring quality arts education we make the arts more accessible.”
The 2018-19 Advancement Grant Recipients
District Name | Award | Final Project Description |
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Antelope Valley Union High School District | $17,200 | to support district wide arts coordination, teacher professional development, student field trips and the purchase of instructional materials |
Burbank Unified School District | $22,900 | to support artist residencies, teacher professional development, instrument repair and purchases, and transportation for student field trips |
Castaic Union School District | $9,600 | to support the expansion of district arts coordination to oversee teacher professional development and residency programs |
Centinela Valley Union High School District | $19,600 | to support culturally relevant performances for students and teacher professional development |
Claremont Unified School District | $19,100 | to support the expansion of district arts coordination and the SALT program |
Compton Unified School District | $16,700 | to support the expansion of visual arts curriculum, district wide elementary teacher professional development and the purchase of supplies and materials |
Covina-Valley Unified School District | $19,700 | to support the expansion of district wide visual arts programming for kindergarten through fifth grade |
Culver City Unified School District | $20,800 | to support district wide arts communications and technical theatre management |
Duarte Unified School District | $10,800 | to support the expansion of teacher professional development in arts integration by the Armory Center for the Arts |
El Monte Union High School District | $21,600 | to support equity in the arts for special populations through the expansion of student arts councils |
El Rancho Unified School District | $17,500 | to support the expansion of a district wide arts integration curriculum |
Gorman Joint School District | $17,900 | to support teacher professional development, artist workshops, and the purchase of visual arts and theater equipment and materials |
Hawthorne School District | $19,700 | to support teacher professional development and the expansion of the art docent program |
Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union | $16,400 | to support visual arts instruction, teacher professional development and the purchase of supplies |
Inner City Education Foundation | $20,700 | to support the addition of a full time visual arts specialist |
iLead Charter Network | $15,500 | to support the expansion of district arts coordination |
Inglewood Unified School District | $6,900 | to support teacher professional development in arts integration |
Keppel Union School District | $19,900 | to support district wide teacher professional development, curriculum development and artist workshops |
Las Virgenes Unified School District | $9,200 | to support teacher professional development in arts integration |
Lawndale Elementary School District | $20,600 | to support district wide culturally relevant dance performances for students and teacher professional development |
Lennox School District | $17,400 | to support teacher professional development, parent training and the purchase of performing arts materials and equipment |
Lynwood Unified School District | $11,100 | to support teacher professional development in theater integration for first grade provided by the Music Center |
Magnolia Public Schools | $16,400 | to support the expansion of teacher professional development by the Music Center |
Monrovia Unified School District | $20,800 | to support the expansion of vocal music in middle school |
Montebello Unified School District | $20,400 | to support STEAM teacher professional development for fourth and fifth grades |
Mountain View School District | $21,600 | to support the development of a music education scope and sequence for transitional kindergarten through sixth grade |
Newhall School District | $22,600 | to support district wide theater residencies for fifth grade and arts integration teacher professional development |
Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District | $8,300 | to support teacher professional development in theater integration and the purchase of instructional materials by Drama Education Network and the development of visual arts curriculum |
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District | $8,200 | to support teacher professional development and a district wide artist workshop |
Paramount Unified School District | $21,400 | to support the expansion of elementary performing arts instruction by a credentialed teacher, teacher professional development and the purchase of instructional materials |
Pasadena Unified School District | $22,800 | to support the expansion of district wide theater residencies to second grade |
Pomona Unified School District | $21,800 | to support the expansion of the arts leads initiative and residencies for fourth and fifth grades |
PUC Charter Network | $20,700 | to support the development of college and career arts pathways and the purchase of materials for arts instruction |
Rosemead School District | $21,800 | to support the expansion of district wide teacher professional development by the Music Center |
Saugus Union School District | $22,600 | to support district wide music residencies for fourth grade |
South Pasadena Unified School District | $21,400 | to support teacher professional development for arts specialist, equipment repair and purchases, and the expansion of district arts coordination |
Sulphur Springs Union School District | $19,400 | to support the expansion of residencies to first grade and teacher professional development in arts integration lesson design |
Temple City Unified School District | $7,000 | to support teacher professional development, collaboration time and student showcases |
Walnut Valley Unified School District | $20,900 | to support district wide theater integrated STEAM artist residencies and teacher professional development by Dramatic Results |
Whittier City School District | $21,900 | to support the expansion of district wide music instruction for kindergarten through second grade by a credentialed teacher and the purchase of instruments |
Whittier Union High School District | $20,700 | to support teacher professional development, curriculum development and the purchase of equipment and supplies |
Wiseburn Unified School District | $16,900 | to support artist workshops in visual arts and dance and the purchase of musical instruments and theatre lighting equipment |