Affiliated with the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network
In-School Artist Roster and Program Guide
Our highly skilled roster of teaching and performing artists are experts in supporting young people’s artistic skill-building integrated with social emotional skills development and academic achievement, all while offering the opportunity to explore our region’s cultural and creative diversity. We look forward to collaborating with you this year!
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Arts for Learning Northwest connects a roster of talented teaching artists with schools for a full range of educational arts programming, workshops, performances, and artist residencies.
The Right Brain Initiative is a partnership between school districts and the cultural community to integrate arts programming into Portland area schools
FAQs
Service Area
Our official service area for our Portland Metro Programs are the counties surrounding Portland, OR: Clackamas, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Marion, Multnomah, Skamania, Washington, and Yamhill.
Additional travel fees may apply even within service area. Travel costs for all programs are listed in the Artist & Program Guide.
All other counties in Oregon and Washington
Please reach out! We may be able to build out a custom contract for you or connect you with a partner organization that serves your area.
Performances, residency sessions, and classroom workshop sessions are as a baseline 50 minutes long but can be modified to fit your school's available time slot.
Workshops including Teacher Workshops can be booked for 50 minutes or 90 minutes at different price points.
Performance costs vary by artist and range from $350 to $1500 for a single performance.
Residencies will vary greatly based on scope of project, materials, and artist rates.
Please click here to read more about residencies and their costs.
A pair performance is when an artist does two performances at a location with a minimal amount of time in between. Artists may agree to schedule performances separated by more time (i.e. a 10am and a 1pm), but each performance would be charged at the single performance fee. Please click here to read more about performances and their costs.
A residency is multple visits to a single classroom while a workshop is usually a one-time program.
For services under 30 days in length, payment is due upon completion of work. For services over 30 days in length, 50% of total is due at midpoint of work and the balance is due upon completion.