Arts Education is mandated for all kids in grades K through 12.
Amador Arts helps meet that unfunded mandate.
What We Do
Our team designs a
complete art program
Amador Arts Council provides standard-based art classes to 100% of elementary public school students countywide. These classes are sequential and equitably provided to grades K through 6th, including special education.
We hire teaching
artists & credentialed teachers
In 2021-2022 school year, Amador Arts Council paid local teaching artists over $25,000 to teach more than 200 class session in the schools.
We provide
free art classes
Since 2010, we have worked closely with Amador County Unified Schools District & Amador County Office of Education. Together we have implemented the Declaration for Student Rights to Equitable Arts Education (2017), the Districtwide Arts Education Plan (2019), and Local Control Accountability Program funds for arts education.
Why We Do It
“Art saves my life. All I want to do is to keep creating and never stop.”
Creative thought is essential to developing and sustaining healthy brains and bodies. In rural space, arts education is even more crucial because our geographic isolation means we are far removed from world-class music, dance, theatre, poetry, and visual arts. By collaborating with local public schools, Amador County Arts Council brings the world of the arts to rural kids so that they don’t have to leave home in order to experience the enrichment of The Arts.
sponsors and partners
Amador Arts Council is made possible through the generous support of sponsors, donors and partners like these…
