Parents for Arts Education

Celebrate the graduates who stayed involved in fine arts and the parents who stood by them. “They’re Going to Stand Out” is a heartfelt tribute and a call to shift the national conversation about arts education. Read the full piece and share your family's story as well. Tag us in your graduation photos and let's celebrate all these graduates across the country. https://wix.to/mniwOzI

They're Going to Stand Out A celebration for every fine arts parent this graduation season, and an invitation to help change the national conversationEvery spring, as I see posts about graduations across the country, I think about the parents who held the line.The ones who sat through the "have you thought about something mor...

The Rock Solid podcast from the Round Rock Chamber featuring our very own Trina Martin dropped today. Go check it out!

Rock Solid Podcast 1 like, 1 comment. "The Fight to Save Arts Education in Texas | Trina Martin on the Rock Solid Podcast"

“The arts are under attack, and that’s not accidental.”

That was the message our CEO Erin Harkey brought to San Diego last Thursday for the launch of Arts, Culture & Creativity Month — now in its 8th year as a statewide celebration of arts and culture across California.

“The arts ask people to think, to question, to see things from different perspectives, to imagine.”

This is why they are under threat—and why our response must be just as powerful.

“This is our moment. A moment to be clearer, more aligned, and more visible.”

Thank you to California for the Arts CEO Julie Baker, San Diego ART Matters Executive Director Bob Lehman, and moderator Jonathon Glus—Conrad Prebys Senior Fellow for Art and Design, and Chair of California for the Arts—for sharing the stage at The Soap Factory in Barrio Logan.

Photo courtesy: Michael Phillips and Milana Aernova

I went to Colorado to rest — no emails, no deadlines — and what felt peaceful turned urgent. This movement for arts education is growing, but not fast enough. Read my reflection and why we need to act now: https://wix.to/NWiYQnb

This looks peaceful… but what I realized here wasn’t. This Spring, I went to Colorado to rest.No emails.No deadlines.No constant pressure to keep pushing forward.Just the sound of water moving through the mountains, uninterrupted.And for the first time in a long time, I had space to think.But what I realized there wasn’t peaceful.It was urgent.The Tr...