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!
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.
Learn more about our NEA-funded research project with UT Austin and AISD examining the relationships between schools and arts partners in Austin.
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 on current events in our nation.
Check out the full video from yesterday's conversation with Dr. Ginwright
Check out the full video from yesterday's Fireside Chat with Vu Le.
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
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.
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?