Fueling school change through the arts.

Part of a national public-private partnership that leverages the arts to spark transformation in the nation’s highest-need schools, Turnaround Arts: California is one of 14 partner organizations from across the nation working with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts, and several private foundations.

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At-Home Arts Resources

The arts are a vital to helping us manage stress, connect with each other, and find joy. We’ve curated a collection of resources, lesson plans, and online offerings for yours use during school closures and distance learning.

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SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS

Together with national and local partners that strengthen the impact of our work, Turnaround Arts: California uses the arts as a tool to fuel change efforts in high-need elementary and middle schools across the state. Initiated with financial support from Berta and Frank Gehry and the California Arts Council, Turnaround Arts: California is supported by the Herb Alpert Foundation, the Stuart Foundation, the California State Legislature, the Eisner Foundation, Facebook, Jane Fonda, the Goldhirsh Foundation, David Hockney, MasterClass, the Rosenthal Family Foundation, Elizabeth Segerstrom, the Segerstrom Family Foundation, Abbey Smith, Evan Spiegel, and Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg. Coach partners include Collaborations: Teachers and Artists, Create Humboldt, Arts & Creativity Initiative, P.S. ARTS, Sunset Center, Liz Harvey, and Dr. Akida Kissane Long. Collaborators include The Actors’ Gang, Alameda County Office of Education — Integrated Learning Specialist Program, Beat the Odds®, Focus 5 Inc., Get Lit — Words Ignite, KID smART, and Visual Thinking Strategies.

WHERE WE WORK

Turnaround Arts: California helps connect partner schools with regional arts networks, including community arts organizations, teaching artists, arts and cultural institutions, performance venues, professional learning experts, and higher education professionals in order to build community support systems that lead to sustainable change.

 

Turnaround Arts: California’s 27 active and alumni partner schools to date spread from our state’s southern border to our northern coast, with schools in urban, suburban, and rural settings. All are Title I schools with significant populations of socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

Partner Schools
School Districts
Educators Trained
Students Reached

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