The San Joaquin County Office of Education offers an Artists-in-Schools residency program that brings affordable arts education into the classroom. Residencies can be booked up to a year in advance and paid for at the time of the residency. Standards based Visual and Performing Arts lessons are offered by Professional Artists in their area of expertise. Each session is approximately one hour long and the residency will take place at your school site for 4 or 8 consecutive weeks. Please contact the AIS office for program details. For detailed information on our program click on the AIS handbook below.
| Welcome Welcome to the Artists-in Schools program. It is our goal to provide cost effective, high quality art programs to the students of San Joaquin County. "For over fifty years, San Joaquin County Office of Education has placed an emphasis on arts education. Despite these tough economic times, it makes me proud to help bring vital programs like musical events and Artists in Schools into the lives of our students and our community. As we know, research shows that involvement in music and the arts has a profound influence on students’ learning abilities and helps them excel in mathematics, science, language arts, and so much more. Understanding the added value of arts education, San Joaquin County Office of Education continues to motivate and grow musicians and artists in our County." -Dr. Mick Founts, San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools Over 300 classrooms from 21different school sites within the county took advantage of this program last year. In 2010/2011 9,250 students received standards based art lessons from Artists-in-Schools. For many students this may have been their only opportunity to experience the arts. We thank you for making the arts a priority at your school site and we congratulate you on taking steps to insure that your students receive a well rounded education that includes the arts.
Fantastic art work provideb by a 3 grade Student at North School In Tracy.The black and white is her rendition of a bowl of fruit still life before her Artists-in-School art sessions provided by a grant from the Teichert Constitution.The color photo is her work after 7 sessions with Mr. Mario. Booking with AIS is as easy as 1-2-3. 1. View our menu of artists.2. Click on and Complete the request form.3. Email, fax or mail your request form and we will contact you with your residency options. |
For booking informtion visit the request an Artist page or contact
Sandra Wendell -209-468-4973 - Swendell@sjcoe.net
Mail: P.O.Box 213030 Stockton Ca. 95213
Fax: 209-468-9232
