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Description:MISSION: Performing Arts Workshop is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people develop critical thinking, creative expression, and basic learning skills through the arts.
HISTORY: Performing Arts Workshop (the Workshop) began in 1959, providing classes in dance and theater at community centers in low-income neighborhoods of North Beach and the Western Addition of San Francisco. In 1974, the Workshop launched its core program, Artists-in-Schools (AIS), and became one of the first nonprofit arts organizations in San Francisco to place trained artists as specialists in public schools.
Today, the Workshop offers art residencies to over 5,000 children in public schools, county community/day schools, community centers, and transitional housing facilities throughout the Bay Area (San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties).
Over 60% of all AIS residencies serve “special needs” students, including the economically/educationally disadvantaged, limited English, and the physically and/or learning disabled.
Our other programs include: Professional Development Program which provides workshops and on-site training to school teachers, principals and artists, on integrating the arts into classroom curricula; and, Artists-in-Communities, in which the Workshop has formed partnerships with city agencies and neighborhood organizations to provide arts education to economically and educationally disadvantaged youth throughout the city.
School Partners:ER Taylor Elementary, Mission Education Center, Paul Revere College Preparatory, Sanchez College Preparatory, Alice Fong Yu Alternative Elementary, George Peabody Elementary, RL Stevenson Elementary, Rosa Parks Elementary, Sherman Elementary, Sunnyside Elementary, Ulloa Elementary, West Portal Elementary, Cesar Chavez Elementary, Starr King Elementary,Lesson plans by jessica:
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Lessons From the Workshop 04/30/2008 - 09:09
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5th Edition "Inside/Out Guide"(2006)
The 5th edition of the AEFC publication Inside/Out: A Guide to Arts and Arts Education Resources for Children and Teens in San Francisco is still available. This is considered the most comprehensive resource directory in San Francisco for building strong arts education programs in schools and community settings.
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