Arts Partners, Inc

Arts Partners, affiliated with the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network, is a comprehensive educational program that integrates visual and performing arts into all areas of the curriculum through the planned use of community cultural resources. Arts Partners inspires creativity and learning by using the arts to enhance the classroom experience for PreK-12 students in collaboration with teaching artists and community cultural organizations. This is accomplished through professional development for artists and teachers, and student participation in arts-in-education activities provided by Arts Partners teaching artists and more than two dozen partnering cultural organizations. We offer a variety of arts-in-education programs that are specifically designed by teaching artists, curriculum specialists and Arts Partners’ program staff to impact learning for thousands of students. Arts Partners’ goal is to offer programs that provide arts learning experiences that lead to young people who- Think creatively; make connections between the arts and other areas of learning - Engage in creative exploration, critical thinking and problem-solving - Understand and use artistic skills and techniques - Work collaboratively and have an appreciation and respect for other culturesThe Wichita Public School District’s long-term commitment to arts education.