Partners

Performing Arts Partners

• Broadway Center for the Performing Arts,
• Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Seattle Children's Theatre
• University of Washington World Series

Museum Partners

• Seattle Art Museum
• Tacoma Art Museum

Arts Impact is an object based arts education program emphasizing the importance of transfer of arts knowledge from the classroom to an original work of art or live performance. A cultural study trip to a museum exhibition or live performance with his or her class is required of each participating teacher. Arts Impact pays the admission fees for the exhibition or performance. The cultural educators at our partner organizations provide critical support to the teachers in several ways. They participate in the Summer Institute so that participants will get to know them personally and hear first hand about programs and resources.

Individualized study guides and tours, based on personal conversations with the cultural educator, direct student response and focus to concepts directly related to the art lesson in the classroom. In the performing arts, the cultural educator provides a purposeful lens to view the performance as well as a guide to lead students in a response to the performance that relates directly to concepts studied in the classroom.

Other educational programs and resources are offered by our cultural partners and are detailed on each of their websites.

Other Partners

Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation has served as Arts Impact’s fiscal sponsor since program inception in 1999. The Community Foundation connects community donors with causes that matter. The Cultural Council of Greater Tacoma housed at the Community Foundation, was Arts Impact’s founding partner and continues to serve in an advisory capacity.

Puget Sound ESD
Arts Impact joined the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) in October of 2002 as a partner in the U.S. Department of Education Arts Education Model Development and Dissemination Grant. The program is currently managed by the PSESD and is a part of the Learning and Teaching Department.