| The Artists in Schools program offers visual and performing arts residencies that engage and educate the whole child. Youth in Arts works with schools to create custom-designed programs that help classroom teachers address the California state content standards in Visual and Performing Arts. The federal No Child Left Behind Act has reaffirmed the arts as a “core academic subject” all schools should teach. The Artists in Schools program helps schools achieve their arts education goals.
About the Director
Nydia Algazzali Gonzalez, is the director of Artists in Schools and Very Special Arts, developing and administering artist residencies for mainstream and special needs classrooms. She selects artists, customizes instructional packages with schools and teachers, makes recommendations based on school needs and artist specializations, observes artists and students, and administers evaluations. Nydia has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and is also an artist, specializing in traditional Son of various regions of Mexico. Nydia has taught in many schools in the Bay Area and has written curricula for arts integration in the classroom. Nydia can be reached at (415) 457-4878 x16 ngonzalez@youthinarts.org
THANK YOU
Many school;s receive financial aid awards from youth in Arts to provide basic arts education in all disciplines to their students. Thank you to the Kimball Foundation, The Milagro Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, and Citibank Foundation for their most generous grants for the 2006/2007 school year. Over 2,500 students will receive artist residencies in dance, drama, music and / or visual arts because of this support.
The Artists in Schools program aims to keep the arts at the heart of a balanced education by:
Engaging students by offering diverse, multi-cultural arts activities
Fostering artist/teacher relationships that are mutually-beneficial
Empowering teachers by introducing new methods of instruction derived from the arts
Encouraging community support for the arts
Assisting schools to address the California State Content Standards for Visual and Performing Arts
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