Arizona Jewish Theatre Company
The Arizona Jewish Theatre Company was founded in 1988 and began its youth education component in 1989. The adult company is a professional, non-sectarian, not-for-profit theatre producing works that reflect the Jewish experience. The children's division is dedicated to providing educationally-based, developmentally-appropriate theatre opportunities to young people ages 7-17.
Mission
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
AJTC began with the 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant collaboration in the spring of 2004. A unique "on-camera" curriculum was devised by AJTC's Producing Director Janet Arnold and lead teaching artist Alison Ganssle. The company has provided these classes at Herrera, Bethune, Whittier, Capitol, Emerson, Heard and Edison schools in the Phoenix Elementary School District. The course includes opportunities to learn behind the camera skills as well as acting in front of the camera. During the semester, the students create their own commercials, including a PSA for a local charity (in both Spanish and English). They hear from a local meteorologist and then create their own weather reports. We bring in a choreographer and they then create music videos. They learn aspects of slapstick and mime and create their own silent movie. They also take a field trip to a local TV station, and at the culminating event, participate in a live "news" broadcast.
Childsplay
Founded in 1977 as a non-profit professional theatre company, Childsplay has since provided high-quality, thoughtful, and innovative theatre experiences to more than 3 million young people and adults through tour performances, mainstage productions, residencies and workshops, and a complete curriculum of drama classes for the public. Childsplay is an award-winning professional theatre company for young audiences and families. Based in Tempe, Arizona, since 1977, Childsplay has achieved a national reputation in the field.
Mission
Childsplay's mission is "to create theatre so strikingly original in form, content or both, that it instills in young people an enduring awe, love and respect for the medium, thus preserving imagination and wonder, those hallmarks of childhood which are the keys to the future."
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
Every semester, Childsplay teaching artists dedicate fifteen weeks to afterschool programming at a different district school. The students who take our classes come from a variety of backgrounds, but for many, this program affords them their first real exposure to professional theatre. Students work with Childsplay’s professional teaching artists, developing their theatre skills and learning to work as an ensemble. They eventually create an original production to share with families, teachers, and community members at the end of the program. Students also receive opportunities to attend two fully-mounted plays: one school touring show and one mainstage production.
Great Arizona Puppet Theatre
Established in 1983 by director Nancy Smith and designer Kenny Bonar, the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre has a repertoire of over sixty shows, including classic fairy tales, original stories and educational programs. The theatre performs year round, both at the theater in downtown Phoenix and with shows that tour to local schools.
Mission
The Great Arizona Puppet Theater is a non-profit organization and was established with the mission to advance and promote the art of puppetry; to celebrate the great state of Arizona – its culture, heritage and ecology – through the art of puppetry; to educate children and families through the art of puppetry; and to make a positive impact on Arizona’s culture climate, especially as it affect children and families.
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
The GAPT has been a partner with the 21st CCLC program since the fall semester of 2004. Puppeteers from the theater provide a fun learning environment for students involved in the after school program. Students learn an array of puppetry skills including construction of several types of puppets, puppet manipulation, and performing with puppets. Students also write their own plays, create costumes and props. Teaching artists combine the art skills pf puppetry with skills in reading, writing and math that align with the Arizona Arts Standards.
Phoenix Conservatory of Music
The Phoenix Conservatory of Music believes that all people are born with a capacity to understand and enjoy music, music and its enjoyment are a part of our humanity, interacting with music brings to us a sense of ourselves, builds confidence, and helps us to see others, and in learning music other side benefits are gained such as multi-level learning, higher order thinking, spatial awareness and inner voice. These additional benefits lead to higher achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics. It is Phoenix Conservatory of Music’s (PCM) Artistic Vision to be instrumental in building a musically literate community in line with state and national standards set forth by; The State of Arizona, The National Guild of Community Schools forthe Arts, The National Association of Music and The Music Educator’s National Conference. PCM will bring to the community quality programs that are "fully engaging emotionally, mentally, and sometimes socially", give the everyday person the power and permission to be musical!, serve, with quality programs, as a bridge between the concepts of the state and national standards and the reality of seeing those standards achieved. PCM is
committed to collaborating with top music professionals to provide our
communities with access to appropriate and up-to-date musical educational
activities and experiences.
Mission
The Phoenix Conservatory of Music’s (PCM) mission is to provide high
quality music development programs, experiences and education to
communities, and is open to all interested persons regardless of age, race,
religion, nationality, income, or ability. PCM accomplishes its mission through: Early Childhood Programming, Family Programming, Adult Programming, and Professional Development for Educators, In School Residencies (Arts and Academic Integration), After School Programs (Arts and Academic Integration), Instrument Specific Programs, Lifelong Learning Programs, Ensembles, Summer Camps, Concerts, Intergenerational Learning, and Bilingual Education. PCM is 100% outreach.
21st Century Community Learning Centers program
In the YES to Success project: Learning About theWorld Through Music children
are exposed to music from different areas through CDs, videos, live performance, stories, etc. The students are called to learn about those
places and then learn about the instruments and music from those lands. The
final ingredient of the program is the students’ direct participation in
learning how to play the instruments from and sing songs from the places
they have been learning about. Students have learned taiko drumming, songs
from Latin America on the pan pipe and guitar, folk songs from Europe,
Native American Songs with a drumming circle, rain sticks and chant, Songs
from Africa played on Congas and Djembes, musical games from Ghana, songs
celebrating Children from India, and a Welcoming song from Liberia. After
exposure to various types of music, and participation with the music,
students are asked to qualify the similarities and differences between each
of the styles and types of music. Students are asked to come up with a set
of values for musical presentation and critique performances they see and
that they participate in with those values. Most of all, students are asked
to work together, learn about music around the world, and have horizons
opened to them.
Phoenix Theatre
Phoenix Theatre was founded in 1920 and is the oldest Arts Organization in the State of Arizona. Cookie Company, its professional theatre for youth, was founded in 1980 and provides performances and education programs for more that 35,000 annually. Phoenix Theatre is the only theatre in the state to provide comprehensive programming for all generations of theatre enthusiasts.
Mission
Phoenix Theatre breathes life into stories, to serve and benefit a growing, diverse and increasingly urban community. Through a range of professional theatrical experiences, we articulate in vibrant fashion the power of THE ARTS to ignite both artist and audience and instill in students both knowledge and skill.
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
Books Alive, a literacy program using the arts to explore and interpret books in new ways, is designed to impact the English literacy of the student participants and teach them collaboration skills, while offering valuable after-school programming. By reaching young readers and developing new and exciting ways for them to approach reading, we project not only improved literacy, but increased excitement about reading. The students meet twice weekly with a drama teaching artist working in multi-disciplinary sessions such as reading, writing, drama, music and dance. Throughout the program, a living illustration of the book being read by students will be created. Each week will build on the previous sessions, culminating in a performance for families and friends.
The Phoenix Symphony
Founded in 1947, The Phoenix Symphony proudly serves the citizens of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, central Arizona, and the southwestern United States. Each season, the Symphony performs for more than 50,000 students and children (representing over 260 different schools), helping to introduce music to new generations through a variety of education, community, and youth-engagement programs.
Mission
The mission of The Phoenix Symphony is to evoke a passion for orchestral music within the entire community. The Symphony’s Education & Community programs serves to engage students, parents, educators, and our community in the experience of live orchestral music, and often serves as the first point of entry to orchestral music for these citizens. The Symphony has developed and continues to refine education and community programs that provide rich cultural experiences of symphonic music for children, students, and adults of diverse backgrounds from across Arizona.
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
The Phoenix Symphony takes 21st Century students through a brilliant music education program. Through the use of African hand drumming, students learn skills in teamwork, listening, respect, and musicianship. Students also build their own instruments out of recycled materials, gaining math, design, and critical thinking skills. To add to the symphonic experience, guest musicians from The Phoenix Symphony visit the classroom for exciting demonstrations. Students receive a hands-on experience in trying out each instrument. Once during the semester, an entire ensemble from The Phoenix Symphony plays a concert for the school, providing an educational and engaging symphonic music experience.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Founded in 1999, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) is the only museum in Arizona devoted to the art, architecture and design of our time. Global in its focus, the Museum is a unique and vital cultural resource for the southwest, serving local audiences as well as visitors from throughout the United States and abroad. Designed by award-winning architect Will Bruder, SMoCA’s building (an ingenious renovation of a former movie theater) has five galleries for showcasing changing exhibitions and works from the Museum’s growing permanent collection.
Mission
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art champions creativity, innovation and the vitality of the visual arts. We seek both to build and to educate audiences for modern and contemporary art, as well as to provide opportunities for the artistic community—locally, nationally and internationally. SMoCA provides a memorable experience of art, architecture and design by exploring new curatorial approaches and by highlighting cultural context. We interpret, exhibit, collect and preserve works in these media.”
21st Century Community Grant Program
Each semester, an interdisciplinary curriculum is designed to provide enriching activities that address the Arizona Visual Art Standards as well as other Arizona Standards—science, math and language arts. The semester’s program is created around an exhibition on view at SMoCA. The artists are chosen specifically their experience and art form to enhance the learning experience for the students. SMoCA’s programs goals are to:
- increase access to the arts for participating students
- provide meaningful and intensive instruction in reading, writing, math and the arts, aligned with the Arizona Learning Standards
- assess the effectiveness of arts instruction to improve student achievement in all content areas, improve student attendance and behavior and student self perception and confidence
- use the arts to embed the joy of learning
- help students to learn to respect others’ ways of thinking, working and expressing themselves
- create an understanding that the arts are a reflection of culture
- help students to understand the impact of our visual environment in daily life
- guide students to learn the importance of teamwork and cooperation
Phoenix Bach Choir
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture
