To become an ArtsBridge Community Partner, contact the program staff by email or telephone, and share the pedagogical goals and vision of your learning community. Please overview the arts programming currently being offered to your students and teachers, general demographic information about your school community, and a link to your web site (if available). Describe any issues, assets, or challenges that you would like ArtsBridge to take into consideration.
Criteria for Choosing Community Partners:
Priority is given to schools that are under-resourced, struggling to improve their learning community’s academic performance, and believe that creativity is an important part of educational reform. Partnerships demonstrate a firm commitment to our shared mission, values, and activities, and full participation is expected in planning, implementation, and evaluation processes. Primacy is given to schools that are interested in advocating for, and institutionalizing, ongoing arts education opportunities in their school, community, and school district.
Testimonies from 2005-2006 ArtsBridge Community Partners:
“It’s a real benefit to have the college students work with our students because they bring with them the mentoring aspect. Their presence allows students to talk to someone who is in college and being successful. The program benefits the educational process because it allows college students to intern with teachers who are already doing the job. I have heard nothing but positive responses from our teachers working with the program.”
Gwendolyn Lockhart, Vice Principal John Muir Middle School
“We are privileged to be able to have the continued assistance of ArtsBridge in actively helping us to improve the academic performance of our students…A well organized and outstanding program will do much to motivate our students to achieve a the highest level of performance…They [AB Scholars] can play a major role in enhancing the atmosphere of the school and of their neighborhood by showing pride in its artistic value through this UCLArts program.”
Dr. Marvin Avila, Vice Principal David Starr Jordan High School
“ArtsBridge really does help the kids to have art. The partnership gives [us] the opportunity to have dance at school. It brings people together in a positive way…I learned about new things. I learned about the cultures behind hip-hop and West African dance.”
Shannon Townsend, High School Student
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