We use the arts to change learning – and change lives.

What is arts integration?

The Kennedy Center defines arts integration as an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process that connects an art form and another subject area, allowing them to meet evolving objectives in both.

Arts integration is designed to be a joyful, active and memorable learning experience. Incorporating the five recognized arts disciplines — visual arts, dance arts, theater arts, music arts and digital media arts — an arts integrated curriculum aligns with common core standard practices and fine arts standards. The arts become an approach to teaching, as well as the vehicle for learning.

Methodology: Our approach

Collaborative Assessment

All our partnerships begin with an initial needs assessment that represents a collaboration between ArtsNOW leadership and school administration.

Customized Planning

Then, we move into administrative planning sessions, developing a proposal to address immediate needs, as well as a multi-year plan to align ArtsNOW with the school-wide mission.

Service & Support

Finally, our partners receive ongoing service and support through consultations, onsite visits and virtual support. Partners are granted full access to online ArtsNOW materials.

Partnerships

Professional
Learning

Pacesetter
Programs

Collaborative Assessment

All our partnerships begin with an initial needs assessment that represents a collaboration between ArtsNOW leadership and school administration.

Customized Planning

Then, we move into administrative planning sessions, developing a proposal to address immediate needs, as well as a multi-year plan to align ArtsNOW with the school-wide mission.

Service & Support

Finally, our partners receive ongoing service and support through consultations, onsite visits and virtual support. Partners are granted full access to online ArtsNOW materials.

Partnerships

Professional
Learning

Pacesetter
Programs

Four levels of focused service and support:

Individual Schools

Regional Hubs

Innovation Centers

ArtsNOW Learning Lab

“My experience with ArtsNOW has improved my effectiveness as a teacher because I am more aware of the power of arts integration on engagement, communication, and differentiation.”
–4th grade teacher

Services: Creativity through collaboration

 
Known for our collaborative approach and research-based methods, ArtsNOW offers customized, immersive programs and professional learning for educational organizations of all sizes.
 

We engage with educational organizations in three ways:

Partnerships

ArtsNOW helps pre-K through 12 educators and administrators identify critical learning gaps and creative solutions to solve them. Then, with the help of our consultants and teaching artists, we develop customized professional learning plans to address those gaps for educators and advance student achievement.

Professional
Learning

We offer a series of seminars, workshops and one-on-one sessions with our teaching artists and consultants, each focused on fine arts and core content standards. All participants leave equipped with strategies and best practices for integrated instructional design and delivery.

Pacesetter
Programs

ArtsNOW has created customized extensions to students’ classroom learning known as Pacesetter Programs. These STEAM camps and extended learning programs provide interactive, integrated instruction to inspire continued academic and personal growth.

ArtsNOW Partner Schools

These are schools that are at varying places in their arts integration journey. Each school is working to ensure that the arts are embedded as part of their culture. Some schools have a specific focus or grade level, while other schools have a school-wide focus. All are working in partnership with ArtsNOW to advance their local school plans.

Case Study: Barrow County

ArtsNOW and Barrow County have worked side-by-side to forge a true partnership in arts integration and integrated learning in grades pre-K -12th. This decade-long initiative has played a key role in transforming not only education in Barrow County, but also transforming the surrounding community. With the establishment the Center for Innovative Teaching (CFIT), ArtsNOW established regional offices, grew its signature residency program through middle and high school and was instrumental in the design and development of both the Barrow County Art and Innovation Magnet (AIM) program and the newly opened Barrow Arts and Science Academy (BASA) for grades 9-12.

“More than just an educational partnership, this initiative has been a labor of love for the ArtsNOW organization and my team at BCSS. This is the perfect example of how the immersive, tailored approach and methodology of ArtsNOW brings learning to life through our teachers for the students, their families, and our community.” – Dr. Chris McMichael, Superintendent, Barrow County School System
Partner Schools by District

Aiken County Public School District | SC
East Aiken Elementary School
Oakwood-Windsor Elementary School

Anderson County School District 05 | SC
Centerville Elementary, Anderson
Homeland Park Primary

Atlanta Public Schools | GA
Hillside Conant School
Hope-Hill Elementary
M. Agnes Jones Elementary
Hollis Innovation Academy

Berkeley County | SC
H.E. Bonner Elementary
Philip Simmons Elementary

Charleston County | SC
Angel Oak Primary
Johns Island Elementary
North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary

Clayton County | GA
East Clayton Elementary

Cobb County School District | GA
Alpharetta Elementary
Dowell Elementary
Mableton Elementary
Ford Elementary
Powder Springs Elementary

Colleton County School District | GA
Cottageville Elementary
Forest Hills Elementary
Northside Elementary

Dekalb County School District | GA
Princeton Elementary

Douglas County School System | GA
Youth Villages Inner Harbour, Douglasville

Florence County School District | SC
J.C. Lynch Elementary
Lake City Early Childhood Center School of Arts (LCECCA)
Olanta Creative Arts & Science Magnet School

Fulton County School System | GA
Asa Hilliard Elementary
C.H. Gullatt Elementary
College Park Elementary
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary
Ison Springs Elementary
Vickery Mill Elementary

Georgetown County School District | SC
Brown's Ferry Elementary
Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy

Greenville County School District | SC
Berea Elementary
Ellen Woodside Elementary
League Academy of Communication Arts
Stone Academy of the Arts
Sue Cleveland Elementary
Woodmont Middle

Jefferson County Schools | AL

Bryant Park Elementary
Minor Community School

Lexington School District 02 | SC
Saluda River Academy for the Arts

Newberry County | SC
Boundary Street Elementary
Newberry High
Newberry Middle
Reuban Elementary

Orangeburg County School District | SC
East Lake Elementary

Richmond County | GA
Deer Chase Elementary
Garrett Elementary
Hephzibah Elementary
Warren Road Elementary

Savannah-Chatham County
Public Schools | GA
Gadsden Elementary
Garden City Elementary
Garrison Elementary
Heard Elementary
Hesse K-8
Pulaski K-8

Spartanburg County School District 1 | SC
New Prospect Elementary
Holly Springs-Motlow Elementary
Inman Elementary

Spartanburg County School District 2 | SC
Hendrix Elementary School

Spartanburg County School District 3 | SC
Cannons Elementary

Williamsburg County School District | SC
Kingstree Middle Magnet School of the Arts

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