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Please join the Seattle Public Schools (SPS) Visual and Performing Arts Department for an overview of the first districtwide review of arts learning and teaching in Seattle's public schools. Data and findings provide a high-level picture of arts instruction and access in schools, with attention to issues of equity.

This baseline study was one of the first goals of the Arts Education Partnership between the district, the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and the Seattle Arts Commission. The partnership formally launched in 2008.

Key findings and recommendations are based on analysis of the data in five areas: arts instruction and activities; resources for arts teaching and activities; barriers to the arts; policy and assessment; and attitudes regarding the arts.

Two upcoming meetings will address specific groups.

• SPS Families, Educators, and Administrators
  Monday, April 6, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
  
  
• Arts Organizations and Teaching Artists
  Tuesday, April 7, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Meetings will occur at the John Stanford Center for Educational
Excellence at 2445 3rd Ave. S., and refreshments will be served.

Subsequent meetings will be announced for community arts organization representatives to meet by discipline (visual arts, music, theater and dance) and to network and discuss the points at which their work most effectively intersects with the school district's goals.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson and with support from the city of Seattle, Seattle Public Schools has revitalized its commitment to arts education.

Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
City of Seattle
arts.culture@seattle.gov
(206) 684-7171