At Turnaround Arts: California we are reimagining teaching and learning and building a coalition of schools, arts organizations, and community members using the arts to create joyful, equitable, and inclusive learning environments where all students have the opportunity to thrive and succeed. Part of a national partnership, Turnaround Arts: California is one of 9 organizations from across the nation working with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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 historically marginalized 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, The Hearst Foundation, Facebook, Jane Fonda, the Goldhirsh Foundation, David Hockney, MasterClass, the Rosenthal Family Foundation, Elizabeth Segerstrom, the Segerstrom Family Foundation, Evan Spiegel, and Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg. Coach partners include Arts Education Connection San Diego, Collaborations: Teachers and Artists, Creative Coaching for Arts & Equity, Every Day Arts for Special Education, P.S. ARTS, Sunset Center, The Good Word Education Consulting, Alex Karas, Sandy Seufert, and Dr. Akida Kissane Long. Collaborators include The Actors’ Gang, Beat the Odds®, Focus 5 Inc., Get Lit: Words Ignite, KID smART, Studio Pathways, and Visual Thinking Strategies.
