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ALNW September Newsletter
Hello ALNW Community! As a fun and active summer comes to a close, we can’t wait to update you with all of our Fall programming!
Back to School is here!
September means Back to School for Oregon and SW Washington! Arts for Learning has plenty going on and important deadlines to share. Here's to a new school year filled with abundant arts education and learning!
Sign up your school for Fun for the Arts
Fun for the Arts returns for the 2024-25 school year! Sign up your school and raise money you can spend on all things art!
Arts for Learning NW’s tradition since 1977, Run for the Arts, is now Fun for the Arts! This refreshed version of our school-based fundraiser brings the philanthropic power of our community together in a more accessible dance-a-thon with a theme of “move however feels best.” Join with other regional schools to bring arts equity and accessibility to schools in Oregon and SW Washington!
Click on our Fun for the Arts Registration Page to learn more!
Fall registration deadline for LiveSET is Friday, September 13th!
LiveSET (Sound Engineering for Teens) is an exciting program for young people ages 15-19 to get real-world training in the art and science of live sound engineering -- a partnership between Friends of Noise and Arts for Learning NW Work with top professionals in the field and then showcase your skills by mixing a professional concert.
Click here to learn more and register today!
Program Spotlight! Creative Dramatics:
How to be a friend/neighbor/upstander/community member. In this program, Students learn Creative Dramatics to collaborate and practice kindness, using social and emotional skills and teamwork to create stories about helping. How to be a kind human. (Grades k-2) This 3-5 sessions residency incorporates basic creative dramatics skills that involve body movement, vocal exploration, creative storytelling, and problem solving through ensemble, partner, and independent activities. Students investigate these tools and how they are useful in communication, speaking, and creatively bringing ideas to life and story. Body and spatial awareness, coordination, and balance techniques will be introduced through exercises and activities, encouraging safe and creative physical ways of movement while building community and enjoying imaginative social play. Book this amazing program by clicking here.
Champion for the Arts!!
Kick Your Kicker to Arts Education -- DID YOU KNOW arts funding in Oregon is at an all-time low? Districts across the state are slashing school budgets that support arts education. YOU CAN DECIDE Make sure that Oregon students have access to arts education. Invest Oregon tax dollars into accessible arts education. Make a one-time donation from your kicker to support Arts for Learning Northwest’s programs, serving 50,000 students/year.
A Thank You to Our Sponsors
Thank You to our partners at The Standard, a long-standing, stalwart supporter of arts education in our community.
Coming up in October
We celebrate Fun for the Arts week, more program highlights, teaching artist spotlights, more community events, and more outreach!