Every new partnership is a unique relationship. Our Program Staff work hard to meet the needs of your students and set goals that work for your site.

Contact us regarding partnership

For programs in school during the curricular day, please contact Karena Salmond, Program Manager for Artists-in-Schools. Learn more about our Artists-in-Schools program.

For programs out of school time or in nontraditional school settings such as juvenile hall and county community/court schools, please contact Mariel dela Paz, Program Manager for Artists-in-Communities. Learn more about our Artists-in-Communities program.

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Download: Current List of Partners

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Thank you! We value your time and effort in this partnership. We've gathered some important information and key documents below.

Working with an Artist

Professional Artists in the classroom bring with them a new perspective, a diverse set of art forms (dance, music, writing, and theater), and a professional understanding of those art forms. They also bring with them a way of learning through art that is outside of the traditional modes of teaching and learning in the American Education system. In short, artists offer something new and different to students, educators, and communities – an education that is both at odds with and complementary to standard curricula.

Direct contact with a working artist affords students the chance to explore their creativity with a person trained to cultivate the skills of the artistic process: perception, conception, expression, reflection, and revision. Direct contact with a working artist affords educators the opportunity to reflect on their own teaching practice and become comfortable using the arts in the classroom. By observing and partnering with the artist, the instructor can come to have a better understanding of the concepts and activities, and infuse them into daily lessons when an artist is not present. Direct contact in a classroom allows artists to reflect on their own artistic work and its connections to the community. The collaborative environment between artist and educator allows both to reflect on their teaching practice and technique. In turn, students benefit from this partnership.

This is an example of the Workshop's document for describing the different roles and responsibilities of these two - the teaching artist and the educator. The contract makes sure both the artist and the educator are in agreement about the working aspects of any residency.

Download: Artist-Educator Agreement

Often artists are required to gather student information for grant reporting purposes. This request is usually made directly to the classroom teacher or site coordinator. To better facilitate this process, Performing Arts Workshop has developed a Student Information Sheet to guide educators through this process. The Workshop Student Information format is based directly on the San Francisco Department of Children Youth and Their Families categories of required information.

Download: Student Information Sheet

If you have just finished working with a Workshop artist, please follow the appropriate link below to take an on-line survey about your experience. We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to tell us about our work. Your feedback is extremely valuable and we use it to constantly improve our services.

Download: Artists-in-Schools Survey – Partnerships that take place in a classroom during school time.
Download: Artists-in-Communities Survey – Partnerships that take place after school or in a community setting.
Download: Preschool Survey – Partnerships that take place in a pre-kindergarten class or child development center.

If you have any questions or concerns about a program currently in progress, please contact a Program Manager:

Karena Salmond, Program Manager, Artists-in-Schools

Mariel dela Paz, Program Manager, Artists-in-Communities