Arts Orange County provides leadership as an advocate for quality, equity and access of standards based, comprehensive arts education in the county's K-12 schools.
Arts Orange County believes that the arts provide a unique pathway for all students to view the world, create meaning and develop their minds. Studies have shown that the arts provide lifetime benefits and are unsurpassed in their ability to engage students in learning and empower them to make change in our world.
Under the mentorship of Arts OC and in partnership with the California Alliance for Arts education, local alliances are being formed to support school districts’ strategic arts plans to insure that every student has access to a quality, standards-based arts education.
Each Local Arts Education Alliance believes:
• Learning in and through the arts educates the “whole” child
• Excellent arts and cultural resources can partner with us to create outstanding schools for all of our children.
• Even in tough economic times, Orange County schools must provide arts education.
Santa Ana Arts Education Alliance breakfast. Attendees included Sylvia Turner, Dean, Fine & Performing Arts, Santa Ana College and Melanie Rios Glaser, Artistic Director of The Wooden Floor
Newport-Mesa Arts Education Alliance breakfast. Attendees included Eileen Daniher, Director of Programs, Festival of Children; Sandy Segerstrom Daniels, Managing Partner, C. J. Segerstrom & Sons; Carl Neisser, President, The Neisser Company
Anaheim Arts Education Alliance breakfast. Attendees included Alliance Coordinator Michael Buss, Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana), and ArtsOC Executive Director Rick Stein
Newport-Mesa Arts Education Alliance breakfast. Attendees included Elizabeth Stahr, Mary Lyons and Arts & Learning Conservatory founder & Executive Director Debra Wondercheck.
A standards-based arts curriculum is more important than ever now that 1 out of 6 jobs in Southern California is in the creative industries.
The following Orange County communities have formed local alliances for arts education. Please contact them to find out how you can help your local schools! If your community is not listed or you have questions, please contact Pat Wayne at pwayne@artsoc.org. Orange County's Local Arts Education Alliances Anaheim Alliance for Arts Education | Danae Mullen Capistrano Alliance for Arts Education | Courtney Fielder Fullerton School District | Dawn Marie Kotsonis Huntington Beach Alliance for Arts Education | Laurie Pechulis Irvine Alliance for Arts Education | Grace Neary Los Alamitos Alliance for Arts Education | Donna Chinn Newport-Mesa Alliance for Arts Education | Mary Beth Volpini Oceanview Alliance for Arts Education | Robin McManus
Orange Alliance for Arts Education | Gisela Meier Placentia-Yorba Linda Alliance for Arts Education | Sandee Van Oyen Saddleback Alliance for Arts Education | Julie Schwarz Santa Ana Alliance for Arts Education | Diane Doyle Westminster Alliance for Arts Education | Nicole Eastly
Note: Some alliances are associated with more than one school district.
Join Your Local Alliance for Arts Education. Arts Orange County is proud to be a leader in this initiative in partnership with the California Alliance for Arts Education and sponsored by Boeing.
Arts Orange County provides leadership as an advocate for quality, equity and access of standards based, comprehensive arts education in the county's K-12 schools.
