Whether you’re a parent, student, teacher, artist, administrator or afterschool coordinator, you have a vital role to play in bringing art to your community. Here are some resources to help.

Administrators

Learn how to leverage your own resources to build a high-quality arts program in your community. Includes evaluation tools, resource texts, and examples from the field.

Educators

Youth Workers, Site Coordinators, and Classroom Teachers all have the capability to teach the arts, even if they don’t consider themselves “artists.” Find resources for using art to reach youth both during and out of school time, in addition to other helpful websites and publications.

Artists

Artists have a unique and powerful role to play in classrooms of all type, size and age. Whether you’ve been a teaching artist for a long time, or are just getting started, here are some tools to help you in your work in the classroom. Includes lesson plans, curriculum overviews, and resource texts.

Youth Voices

Look. Listen. Read. Get Inspired! This section features photos of youth in action, poetry, spoken word samples, and other creative works by youth who have participated in Performing Arts Workshop residencies in recent years.

Families

Find out how to engage with your child about Workshop programming or how to bring Performing Arts Workshop to your child’s school or community program. We’ve also included some other useful San Francisco Bay Area resources.

Our Publications

The Workshop’s arts education publications can help you link the performing arts directly with academic subjects in the classroom, strengthen your teaching practice, and foster critical thinking in your students. All texts and manuals are for sale and can be purchased directly from the Workshop.