Arts Education Stories
Photo Credit: Brennan Chin Photo Credit: Artstart Photo Credit: Brennan Chin
Stories connect, inspire, and inform us. Gain inspiration from a young person’s life enriched or changed. Explore data that shows improved academic success. Share the impact of arts education.
In this video, listen to students and teachers express the importance of arts in the lives of students. (Bellevue Elementary School, Santa Rosa, California)
Arts Education News
Our monthly Arts Education News blog highlights local arts education opportunities, along with recommendations for timely stories and resources on arts education trends and news. Click HERE to find all past issues of the blog.
Student Arts Spotlight
The Student Arts Spotlight celebrates local students learning in and through the arts in Sonoma County. The feature, managed by the Sonoma County Arts Education Alliance, represents a variety of students, ages, geographic locations, and art forms.
Each month’s Spotlight is shared in the Creative Sonoma newsletter, the Arts Education blog, and in social media. Learn more and submit student artwork and performances HERE.
Visit the Student Arts Spotlight Archive page to see the collection of past features.
Tell the Story
RESEARCH AND REPORTS
- Create CA Citation Page or Resource Library
- Why the Arts Matter
- Creativity Challenge: The State of Arts Education in California – Summary Report
- Create CA Resource Library
- ART=OPPORTUNITY Citations that demonstrate arts education is essential
- 2019 State of Arts Education in Sonoma County Secondary Schools: Analyses of the California Arts Education Data Project
- 2017 State of Arts Education in Sonoma County K-12 Schools: Analyses of Survey Data
- Key Takeaways from Research Reports
STORIES TO INSPIRE AND SHARE