The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

School Programs

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.

Teacher Training

Each summer, The Kentucky Center trains teachers through hands-on, artist led seminars in the arts. They are taught how to teach the arts through creating and performing, as aligned with Kentucky curriculum standards, and how to make powerful connections to other subjects across the curriculum. The Kentucky Center’s professional development programs are: Arts Academies and Kentucky Institute for Arts in Education.

Resources for Teachers

The Kentucky Center’s Arts Education Showcase provides teachers with an online directory of quality arts education programs and artists available to schools in Kentucky. All artists and programs in the Showcase directory have been through an audition/interview process through a panel that includes teachers, artists, and presenters.

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.