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The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts has been a leader in arts education in Kentucky since opening its doors in 1983 by providing teachers with the tools they need to succeed through teacher training and resources.
Next Generation Academies
The Kentucky Center’s Next Generation Academies for Arts Integration provide teachers with hands-on, curriculum aligned professional development seminars each summer in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Educational Television. These weeklong Academies have included integration of the arts with World Languages (Chinese, Spanish, and French), Social Studies, and Early/Emergent Literacy.
DID YOU KNOW?
- More than 1.7 million students have traveled to The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts to experience the finest performers the world has to offer.
- Since 1983, The Kentucky Center’s arts education programs have trained 21,450 educators, impacting millions of students
- The Kentucky Center’s School Programs have received national recognition in arts and
education publications including:
- Arts Survive (Harvard’s Project Zero)
- Acts of Achievement (Dana Foundation)
- Champions of Change (Arts Education Partnership & President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities)
- Beyond Enrichment (Jane Remer, American Council for the Arts)
- Creating Capacity (Kennedy Center)
To participate in or learn more about The Kentucky Center‘s Arts Education programs, please contact Jeffrey Jamner, Director of School Programs at jjamner@kentuckycenter.org or 502-562-0703.
Support School Programs
“The Kentucky Center provides a great service to support the professional development of arts teachers and schools. An example of this support comes in the form of summer teacher academies and institutes where teachers spend a full five days immersed in the arts, actively doing them and discovering how to engage students in active learning in the arts. Teachers leave these academies refreshed and loaded with new ideas and techniques for the classroom.” - Philip E. Shepherd, Project Director for the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards