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How can you get involved in supporting the arts in your school or district?
Here are some suggested starting places:
• Support student art displays, theatre shows, music performances, choirs and other arts learning.
• Start an arts education award program in your city.
• Donate arts supplies and materials for classroom use.
• Support student arts organizations.
• Talk to your local principal or school board about the importance of arts education.
• Encourage your local school board to adopt a resolution supporting the arts.
• Volunteer in your local school to help with classroom arts activities.
• Write a letter to the editor of your local paper about the importance of the arts and your personal experiences with the arts.
• Advocate for displays of student artwork in your local community and businesses.
• Sign up for Artspiration’s email blasts and share them with others.
• Honor and recognize arts specialist teachers, teaching artists and classroom teachers who use the arts in classroom instruction.
• Serve as a member of a school district arts steering committee.
• Support artist residencies and student field trips to museums, performances and other arts-related events.
• Request that careers in the arts be included in your local school’s Career Day.
Contact Dr. Lisa Gonzales for more information at
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or by calling (408) 453-6572.
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