Austin CLI Partners

City of Austin Arts Education Relief Grant: Panel Review (Sept. 27)

Thanks to everyone who applied for a City of Austin Arts Education Relief Grant to support our community's diverse non-profit arts education providers. The panel review for the program will be Wednesday, Sept. 27.

Austin CLI Partners

$475,000 Available for Arts Education Non-profits

Arts Education Relief Grant invests in Austin’s diverse arts education non-profit organizations

MINDPOP News

MINDPOP is hiring three full-time colleagues to support arts and creative learning in Austin—and across America

We are excited to begin the process of welcoming three new colleagues to the MINDPOP team. The leaders selected for the new positions will play an essential role in systemically expanding access to the arts and creative learning for young people in Austin and across the country.

Arts Partnership Study Phase II

We are thrilled to announce the initiation of a new research activity focused on understanding and enriching our local arts education ecosystem!

AISD School Board Candidate Positions on the Arts and Creative Learning 2022

As the backbone organization of the Creative Learning Initiative, we invited the Austin ISD School Board candidates to share their views on the arts and Creative Learning in the district.

CLI + PARD

Dance Across Austin Fall Opportunities

Check out these dance class opportunities at your local recreation or cultural center available through Dance Across Austin this fall!

CLI + PARD

Dance Across Austin: May 2022

Dance Across Austin is hosting free dance classes at City of Austin Recreation and Cultural centers throughout the month of May 2022. Check out these opportunities at your local rec center!

AISD

Service Learning Opportunity for AISD Students, Grades 8-12

The Visual and Performing Arts Department is looking for students (grades 8-12) to serve on a research committee that will help VAPA plan for the next ten years of arts learning in AISD. Committee members will learn how to design surveys and other research tools, gather opinions and data from their peers, and help design the future of the arts for all AISD students.

Arts Partnership Study

Learn more about our NEA-funded research project with UT Austin and AISD examining the relationships between schools and arts partners in Austin.

AISD School Board Candidate Positions on the Arts and Creative Learning 2020

At MINDPOP, we believe that all students deserve equitable access to the arts and Creative Teaching. As the backbone organization of the Creative Learning Initiative, we took the opportunity to invite AISD School Board Candidates to share their views on the arts and the Creative Learning Initiative in Austin ISD.

Read the candidates' full and unedited responses here.

A Statement from MINDPOP

A statement on current events in our nation.

Advanced Topics for Arts Educators

Keynote Address with Shawn Ginwright, Phd

Check out the full video from yesterday's conversation with Dr. Ginwright

Advanced Topics for Arts Educators

Fireside Chat with Vu Le

Check out the full video from yesterday's Fireside Chat with Vu Le.

ETA

Emerging Teaching Artists 2020: Deadline Extended to January 17, 5PM Central Time

The Emerging Teaching Artists Fellowship - for artists of color and artists with disabilities - helps you build your skills for sharing your art with schools and young people in the community. Applications for the 2020 cohort are now due January 17, 2020 by 5PM Central Time

Ways to Support MINDPOP

At MINDPOP, we use the tools of collective impact to bring equity and access to quality arts education in schools and communities. See the ways you can support MINDPOP in our efforts.

Texas Cultural Trust

My Search for Pioneers

When the Texas Cultural Trust asked me to speak at the 2018 Digital Pioneers Institute, my first reaction caught me off guard. I couldn’t stop wondering about digital pioneers. Who were they? What did they do? Did they even exist?