Teaching Artist Training (TAT) Seattle will gather teaching artists in four artistic disciplines (including dance, theatre,visual arts and music) for a two day training designed to provide a comprehensive classroom toolkit (including Observation,Curriculum Development and Classroom Management techniques.)






Cost: Free
Contact: Scott Koh
Phone: (206) 443-2202 ext 1043
E-Mail: scottk@seattlerep.org

Bring Arts Corps Residencies to your classroom. Teachers and school administrators, are you seeking to engage students more deeply through the arts? Arts Corps offers in-school residencies in every art form for students K-12. Whether you are looking to integrate art into your lessons or to bring new cultural experiences and disciplines to your students, collaborate with our skilled, master-level teaching artists to open up new dimensions for learning.


Cost: Tiered pricing structure: $1,335 to $2,570
Contact: Tina LaPadula
Phone: (206) 722-5440
E-Mail: tina.lapadula@artscorps.org

The biennial professional development conference for classroom teachers, administrators, arts specialists, parents, and arts advocates, offering sessions in Dance, Music, Theater and Visual Arts at all grade levels. Sponsored by Dance Educators Association of Washington, Washington Music Educators Association, Washington Arts Education Association, Washington Association of Theatre Educators, VSA Washington, and OSPI.

Visit www.artstime.org for a scheduled list of presenters and links to our Keynote Guests, Alvin Law & Patrick Dunning.




Cost: Fees vary
Contact: Meg Mahoney
Phone: (206) 252-7648
E-Mail: mrmahoney@seattleschools.org

Join us for a week-long exploration of marine ecosystems and creative self-expression at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington, on the Strait of Juan de Fuca!

Water World, a collaboration between Centrum and the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, features activities and projects that expand and enhance elementary students' experience of the marine world through both scientific and artistic lenses.



For this program, student groups of four to six sign up with an adult chaperone. Groups may come from school districts, with teachers and school staff chaperoning, or they may be formed by parent committees looking for extra opportunities in the arts and sciences for their children. Tuition, room and board is free for chaperones.








Cost: $440
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102 X120
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

Inspired by EMP|SFM's extensive collection of oral histories of musicians, filmmakers, visual artists and authors, these lessons designed for middle school and high school, teach the methods of oral history and give students a chance to reflect on the work of artists and the roles they play in our culture.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

How does an electric guitar work? How did this instrument come to exist? This multi-level lesson plan series for elementary, middle school and high school examine the technology and cultural history behind the electric guitar. New learning is applied to writing a compare-contrast paragraph (elementary), problem-solution essay (middle school) or persuasive essay (high school). These lesson plans incorporate language arts, science, and music.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

This fully bilingual curriculum for elementary, middle school and high school focuses on how immigration and migration have shaped Latino and U.S. popular music, the ways Latinos have expressed their experiences as Americans and how Latino youth have driven popular music innovations that cross diverse ethnic boundaries. This social studies curriculum may also useful to teachers of music, Spanish and ESL-ELL.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

EMP|SFM'S first online professional development course is free and open to all educators who want to learn more about teaching with oral histories of artists. Inspired by EMP|SFM's extensive collection of oral history interviews with musicians, writers, visual artists, directors, and actors, this course will help you develop an oral history project for your students. This course will also guide you in how to use oral histories across the curriculum, in areas such as reading, writing, or the arts. Educators can earn ten (10) clock hours from Seattle University for this self-paced course.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

What do Woodstock, the mambo and the 1970s Los Angeles punk scene have in common? They are all found in the new distance learning course based on the exhibition "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music". This course, which incorporates music, video and interactive elements, will help teachers learn about the ways Latino musicians have adopted and adapted musical styles, both Latino and mainstream. Teachers can choose among seven modules to design the instruction that best suits their interests. The course also includes classroom ideas and resources, particularly for teachers of music, Spanish and social studies. Up to 27 clock hours are available to Washington state teachers.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

How does art speak to us? What is the creative process? When is art traditional and when is it rebellious? These three downloadable visual arts units explore these and other questions.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

What are the Blues? What can they teach us about African-American history? This curriculum, co-developed with PBS, is designed for middle school and high school and can be used in language arts, social studies and music classrooms.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

This special social and preview evening just for teachers will introduce +Room-Room, William Kentridge and Jacob Dahlgren exhibitions with a gallery tour, background information, and suggested lesson approaches for integration with curriculum. Teachers will also have a chance to study other curriculum guides available to borrow or purchase. The workshop will be available for 3 clock hours from Puget Sound Educational Service District RSVP by emailing mariar@henryart.org or by calling (206) 616-9894.






Cost: Free
Contact: Maria Reyna
Phone: (206) 616.9894
E-Mail: mariar@henryart.org

MONKEY WORKS is a collaborative playwriting and performance residency for 4th/5th graders, presented by "fearless, funny, female" Seattle theater company Macha Monkey. Classroom teachers select a social studies topic, and students learn to be socially active citizens as they collaboratively write, rehearse, and perform a play about the topic during a two-month residency! Macha Monkey invites educators and community members to come learn about MONKEY WORKS and enjoy a free student-created performance about suffrage at Thornton Creek Elementary on March 26 and 27, 2009.


Cost: Free
Contact: Desiree Prewitt
Phone: (206) 604-6255
E-Mail: desireeprewitt@hotmail.com

In-school residencies and workshops get students moving and learning through dance. In-school classes are custom-built for each classroom and are designed to support classroom learning and Washington State Arts EALRs.


Cost: $100 per class, discounts available
Contact: Kayti Bouljon
Phone: (206) 441-2432
E-Mail: kayti@pnb.org

Pacific Northwest Ballet fieldtrips offer students to experience a day in the life of a dancer. During their visit, students participate in an introductory dance class, tour the building and costume shop, and observe PNB Company dancers in rehearsal.


Cost: $100 per class
Contact: Rochelle Rapaszky
Phone: (206) 441-9411 x4229
E-Mail: rrapaszky@pnb.org

Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur is a ground breaking exhibition that includes breathtaking monumental images that flourished in the royal courts of Rajasthan in India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Most of the paintings featured in this exhibition have never been published and many have been seen only by a select few since their creation. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Erica Applewhite, Tour Coordinator
Phone: (206) 654-3123
E-Mail: tours@seattleartmuseum.org

Visit SAM Downtown for a special evening just for educators! Explore American history through the visual arts at the winter special exhibition Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery. This exhibition will enhance any classroom's study of the history of the United States of America. K-12 educators/administrators, college professors and community educators are invited to enjoy art making, live music, a raffle, curator-led gallery tours, resources from community and educational organizations, refreshments and light eats.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jenn Willson
Phone: (206) 654-3156
E-Mail: jennw@seattleartmuseum.org

What does it mean to be American? How have individual and collective identities evolved from the pre-colonial Americas, through the colonial period, through periods of heightened immigration and migration, to the present? This workshop uses primary resources and works of art from the exhibition Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery to explore these and many other questions related to United States history and material culture, encouraging educators to rethink the ways our country's history is conventionally presented in the classroom.



Workshop participants receive teaching materials, four Washington State clock hours and lunch.


Cost: $20
Contact: Jenn Willson
Phone: 206.654.3146
E-Mail: jennw@seattleartmuseum.org

Learn American history through the visual arts! Using textbook examples of American art, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art 1660-1893 from the Yale University Art Gallery, offers an overview of American history and culture, from the beginning of European settlement through the end of the nineteenth century. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness will enhance any classroom's study of American history.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Erica Applewhite
Phone: (206) 654-3123
E-Mail: tours@seattleartmuseum.org

SCT has long term residencies with many Seattle Schools this year including Lowell and John Hay. We work with you to enrich your already existing curriculum with theatre exercises, activating your students voices, bodies and imaginations!


Cost: $85 per hour; scholarship available, contact Andrea for more information
Contact: Andrea Ichikawa
Phone: (206) 443-0807
E-Mail: andreai@sct.org

This week-long international performance festival features professional performances of music, dance, theater, circus arts, and puppetry by artists from around the world. There are programs for Pre-K through 12th grade students in English, Japanese, German and French. The Festival also has hands-on Discovery Centers on the grounds. Teachers receive a free curriculum guide.


Cost: $3.50-$9
Contact: Bruce Hall
Phone: (206) 684.7336
E-Mail: education@seattleinternational.org

Learn to teach world cultures through music and other arts in an all-new edition of this popular day-and-a-half-long program co-presented with SPU's Department of Music. Experienced educators and teaching artists share ideas and techniques for hands-on, classroom-tested music, dance, and storytelling activities ideal for enhancing your language arts, social studies, physical education, world cultures and languages, music and arts curricula. Come to one of the installments or save by attending both days. 8 Clock Hours included and a lavish ethnic lunch! A similar 3 hour workshop will be at PLU on March 2nd, 5-8 pm.


Cost: $15-$45, see website for pricing details
Contact: Bruce Hall
Phone: (206) 684-7336
E-Mail: education@seattleinternational.org

SIFF FutureWave coordinates filmmaker visits with both local and world-reknowned cinematic artists (directors, costume designers, composers, etc.) to classrooms and community organizations around Puget Sound. These filmmakers bring real-world application into the classroom, expanding learning outside the traditional school experience and providing role models for students of all ages. We work to pair filmmakers with a variety of classroom disciplines that will be enhanced by their artistic area of expertise.


Cost: Free
Contact: Dustin Kaspar
Phone: (206) 315-0663
E-Mail: dustin.kaspar@siff.net

Bring your students to the Historic Paramount Theatre in downtown Seattle to step back in time to the 1920s. This one hour Lecture/Demonstration with organist Dennis James will include: demonstration of the organ and sound effects; discussion of the silent film era and composing/scoring for silent film; and a screening of a short silent film. Tours of the theatre available afterwards.


Cost: $7 per ticket ($4 free/reduced price lunch)
Contact: Claire Connell
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1127
E-Mail: studentprograms@stgpresents.org

This is a 60-minute performance of a series of short stories from Chinese history, mythology, and folklore. Stories are performed using English and Chinese dialogue, music, dance, mime, acrobatics, stage fighting, and singing.


Cost: $7 per ticket ($4 free/reduced price lunch)
Contact: Claire Connell
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1127
E-Mail: studentprograms@stgpresents.org

A performance by exceptional local teen musicians of a fusion of musical styles. More Music @ The Moore takes students on a musical journey, teaching them how to listen to and appreciate diverse genres of music. Daniel Bernard Roumaine (DBR) returns for a fourth year as Music Director.


Cost: $7 per ticket ($4 free/reduced price lunch)
Contact: Claire Connell
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1127
E-Mail: studentprograms@stgpresents.org

Enjoy complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres, sample Untitled Café's happy-hour fare, tour the galleries, or just relax and mingle with colleagues and museum staff. This year's Educator Evening will include information about school tours and teacher programs, hands-on art activities and demos, and the opportunity to learn about affordable field trip transportation options.


Cost: Free
Phone: (253) 272-4258 x3038
E-Mail: Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org

How do artists and writers develop characters, sequence and pace events, and create dramatic tension in their work? What parallels exist between the creative processes of writing and making visual art? Discover authentic connections between verbal literacy and visual art through interactive learning experiences in the galleries and art studio. This class is taught by Beverly Harding Buehler, arts education consultant, mixed media artist, and former Manager of Youth and Family Programs at Seattle Art Museum. Clock hours available.


Cost: $65; members, $50
Contact: Register online at www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators
Phone: (253) 272-4258 x3038
E-Mail: Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org

What do children need to know and be able to do in the visual arts, and how can you bring art instruction to a non-art-focused classroom? How do you teach art if you are not a practicing artist? Learn some of the basics, including how to align your lessons with the visual arts EALRs and how to do meaningful assessment of student learning in the arts, in this comprehensive one-day course taught by Beverly Harding Buehler, arts education consultant, mixed media artist, and former Manager of Youth and Family Programs at Seattle Art Museum. Clock hours available.


Cost: $65; members, $50
Contact: Register online at www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators
Phone: (253) 272-4258 x3038
E-Mail: Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org

From drama games to acting classes to putting on a production, Taproot Theatre's residencies can range from several weeks to months, or an entire school year. Whether during the school day or after school as an enrichment program, let Taproot's trained teaching artists introduce a whole new world to your students.


Cost: Cost: $100 per hour per teacher; minimum of eight total class hours.
Contact: Sara Willy
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre presents a student matinee of "Tuesdays with Morrie," a story that invites you to pull up a chair and join Mitch and his beloved, terminally-ill professor, Morrie, for some of the greatest lessons life can offer.



Taproot Theatre Company's student matinee program enhances student education, providing theatre as a tool and springboard for learning, growth and communication.


Cost: $10 per student; 1 complimentary adult ticket issued for every 12 students
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Group Sales
Phone: (206) 781-9708
E-Mail: groups@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre presents the student matinee of "Around the World in 80 Days." Students will see Jules Verne's novel spring vividly to life in this wildly theatrical adaptation that takes them on a madcap adventure around the world.



Taproot Theatre Company's student matinee program enhances student education, providing theatre as a tool and springboard for learning, growth and communication.


Cost: $10 per student; 1 complimentary adult ticket issued for every 12 students
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Group Sales
Phone: (206) 781-9708
E-Mail: groups@taproottheatre.org

Our theatre arts professional will visit your classroom for a workshop that will inspire and excite your students. They will develop basic acting skills and explore non-theatre curriculum using theater as a medium.


Cost: $100 for a 60 minute workshop with up to 35 participants.
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

By signing up for our Educator Mailing List, educators can receive notices about upcoming educator discounts for full-length productions at The 5th Avenue Theatre. We offer this discount to thank educators for their hard work as well as provide an affordable connection to the theatre community in Seattle.


Cost: Reduced Price Tickets
Contact: Amanda Morris
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: amorris@5thavenue.org

Hello, Dolly! is based on the play The Matchmaker by Pulitzer prize winning novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder. Best known for his plays "Our Town" and "The Skin of Our Teeth," Thornton Wilder is one of the most beloved and greatest storytellers of the 20th century. This musical adaptation of his play is sure to delight students and audiences of all ages!


Cost: $16 (one free chaperone ticket for every 20 student tickets purchased)
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418 x234
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

NFFTY 365 provides in-school presentations of youth-made films with the opportunity to meet and learn from local young filmmakers how filmmaking has influenced their lives and how their films have affected others. Students involved in presentations scheduled March - April 2009 will have the opportunity to obtain free or discounted tickets to the 2009 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) - April 24-26.


Cost: Free
Contact: Kathy Reichgerdt
Phone: (206)905-8400 x4
E-Mail: kathy@nffty.org

The UW World Series presents free matinee performances from our World Dance Series for students grades 3-12. These events are unique opportunities to give your students exposure to live performing arts, visit the University of Washington, and create meaningful connections to other core subjects.


Cost: Free
Contact: Elizabeth Duffell
Phone: (206)685-2369
E-Mail: eduffell@u.washington.edu

The Musical Theater Adventures Camp provides young people

with enriching summer experiences that develop their social

and physical skills, cultivate independence and self-confidence and challenge their imaginations. With classes chosen around the needs and skills levels of the students, the program is highly structured and requires that each camper has the motivation to fully participate.


Cost: 6 weeks for $750
Contact: Christopher Zinovitch
Phone: (206) 938-0963
E-Mail: christopherz@artswest.org

The nationally recognized ArtsWest Theater Conservatory is an intensive 7-week program where students learn theater skills as well as research history, politics, and art history based on the National and Washington State standards. Daily classes in acting, text, movement, and script analysis taught by professional teaching artists and rehearsals of a classic play lead by an experienced artistic team, instill confidence, poise and communication skills for everyday life. Program admittance is by audition only. Auditions are by appointment only.


Cost: $600
Contact: Christopher Zinovitch
Phone: (206) 938-0963
E-Mail: christopherz@artswest.org

The ArtsWest Apprentice Program is a intensive 4 week program where students ages 16-21 learn and improve their theater skills while rehearsing and performing a full-length musical. Program admittance is by audition only.


Cost: $300
Contact: Christopher Zinovitch
Phone: (206) 938-0963
E-Mail: christopherz@artswest.org

Centrum's 2009 Summer High School Arts Camp presents filmmaking, mixed media sculpture, creative writing and theater under the guidance of an international and culturally diverse group of artists. Students select a single focus for a week that is designed to accelerate artistic development. Offered are: Film: Real Grrls; Theater: Erwin Thomas; Visual Art: Einar and Jamex de la Torre; Creative Writing: Stephanie Lenox.


Cost: $485
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102 X120
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

During Explorations, you'll get to work with vital, contemporary artists in a variety of disciplines?creative writing, African dance, theater, Japanese taiko, Caribbean steel drums, circus,and visual art, and learn how the different arts interconnect.



With the guidance of our Core Artist Faculty and working alongside students from across the state, you?ll experience a range of workshop offerings. Each day is divided into four workshop sessions, with plenty of time for meals, exploring, and rest.



For this program, student groups of four to six sign up with an adult chaperone. Groups may come from school districts, with teachers and school staff chaperoning, or they may be formed by parent committees looking for extra opportunities in the arts and sciences for their children. Tuition, room and board is free for chaperones.


Cost: $440
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102 X120
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

The DANCE This camp is presented by Seattle Theatre Group at Centrum. Dance This provides an opportunity for high-school aged dancers at all levels to study a wide range of styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere. You'll experience the whole range of workshop offerings, Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Salsa, African & special workshops, while living and working with vital, contemporary faculty and a community of peers from across the state.


Cost: $695
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

Coyote Central produces 20 hour workshops for 5th to 8th graders where talented professionals create hands-on projects and activities in professional workspaces. The students learn sophisticated creative, technical, and problem-solving skills as they become photographers, hot glass artists, welders, cooks and pastry chefs, soapbox derby car builders, furniture makers, cartoon animators, filmmakers, debaters, inventors, actors, painters, singers, rocket scientists, writers, and much more.


Cost: Sliding scale & scholarships: $175 - $245
Contact: Jun Sellers, Registrar
Phone: (206) 323-7276
E-Mail: inf@coyotecentral.org

The Endolyne Children's Choir is a non-audition community choir serving the greater West Seattle area. We work in a fun environment that promotes music appreciation and confidence through performing. All boys and girls in 1st-8th grades who like to sing are welcome. No audition necessary.


Cost: $100-$145 per quarter
Contact: Juliet Nazarino
Phone: (206) 935-5490
E-Mail: info@endolynechoir.org

For students in 7th through 10th grade. Spend your spring break as part of a killer rock band! Rehearse songs, work with your peers, and learn what it takes to be in a successful band. The workshop concludes with a live rock concert in JBL Theater. Discounts and scholarships available!


Cost: $200 members, $215 for non-members
Contact: EMP|SFM Education
Phone: (206) 770-2760
E-Mail: camps@empsfm.org

Music Lessons are designed to supplement school music opportunities. Lessons are personalized, one-on-one instruction with professional, certified teachers, trained in creating a positive experience.


Cost: Sliding scale based on ability to pay
Contact: Michael Alstad
Phone: (206) 526-8443
E-Mail: malstad@mcnw.org

Music of Remembrance's mission is to remember Holocaust musicians and their art. In this program, Seattle native Daniel Asia and New Yorker Steve Reich share the bill. Using the poetry of Paul Pines, Asia's song cycle is imbued with images of family and Judaism, and their intertwining. Reich's landmark work juxtaposes sounds of the American trains he safely rode as a privileged child with images of the German trains that transported helpless people to death camps during the same years.


Cost: Free
Contact: Mina Miller, Artistic Director & President
Phone: (206) 365-7770
E-Mail: info@musicofremembrance.org

The Northwest Boychoir is holding auditions for NEW members on Saturday, May 16 for fall enrollment. Boys ages 6-9 are invited to sign-up for auditions. No previous music training is needed. The Northwest Boychoir offers the perfect blend of fun and music training. If your child is interested in singing and music, the Northwest Boychoir is the right choice. For 35 years, we've been training Seattle's children to sing and perform in public. Auditions are offered twice yearly, in February and May. We offer small group instruction, after school, in Seattle's University District with convenient freeway and public transportation access.


Cost: Tuition varies. Financial Aid Available
Contact: Northwest Choirs Office
Phone: (206) 524-3234
E-Mail: nwc@northwestchoirs.org

PCNW offers classes and workshops taught by skilled instructors on a quarterly basis - 10-week courses are taken for credit and involve weekly assignments and grades, while workshops are variable in terms of duration and structure.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Erin Sweeny
Phone: (206)720-7222
E-Mail: esweeny@pcnw.org

A two-part creative facilitation training for young people ages 14-18, who are interested in leading groups and organizing events using the arts. The first training develops basic skills to use art to facilitate groups and provides participants with "tool-box" of easy-to-lead art activities. The second training will focus on specific leadership techniques like active listing, presentation skills, and group facilitation and will explore how to use these skills to move a group towards its highest potential. The second training builds on the first training, and it is highly recommended that participants come to both!


Cost: Free
Contact: Eli Steffen
Phone: (206) 938-6090
E-Mail: eli@powerofhope.org

Pratt's summer art week offers courses in Glass Flameworking, Glassblowing, Welding & Metal Sculpture, Woodworking, Painting & Drawing and Printmaking for ages 13 and up. Enjoy one or two classes in Pratt's professional studios with support and guidance from our outstanding youth instructors.


Cost: Varies. Tuition assistance available
Contact: Erik Halaas
Phone: (206) 328-2200 x 224
E-Mail: ehalaas@pratt.org

Scribes 9-12 is an intensive two-week writing program for high school students. Facilitated by professional writers, Scribes students acquire a tool kit of literary forms, pick-up exercises and techniques to develop their writer's voice, get serious and helpful feedback from their instructors and peers and tour the city to view new and familiar places with a writer's eye.


Cost: $0-650
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Hugo Classes for Kids is a 10-week after-school creative writing workshop for kids in 3rd-8th grades. The theme for spring session is Writing to Save the World. Writers are always saving things, changing things. We write on behalf of things that can't speak -- animals facing extinction, trees being cut down. We record events so that they won't be forgotten -- a city destroyed by a hurricane, a grandparent's life story. In this class we'll practice our powers of persuasion, putting our passion on the page to save, to remember and to create our world.




Cost: $0-$50
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Scribes is an intensive two-week writing program for students having just completed 7th and 8th grades. Facilitated by professional writers, Scribes students acquire a tool kit of literary forms, pick-up exercises and techniques to develop their writer's voice, get serious and helpful feedback from their instructors and peers and tour the city to view new and familiar places with a writer's eye.


Cost: $0-650
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Hugo Classes for Teens are creative writing workshops for high school students. Working with a professional writer, each class will focus intensively in a specific genre. Students will hone their craft while stretching their writing muscles in a supportive environment. Spring session offerings: The 10 Minute Play, Flash Fiction, Breaking the Rules (Poetry) and Humor Writing.


Cost: $0-$50
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

The Haas Foundation is proud to announce our first ever Statewide Student Art Contest, now through February 13th, 2009! This year's theme is "The Art of Parity" and we are accepting entries from students in grades 6-12. Winning artists will receive cash awards from $250-$500 for furthering their education and all finalist art will be published on the Haas Foundation's website.


Cost: Free
Contact: Michelle Ayers
Phone: (206) 352-1199
E-Mail: HaasAsstExec@gmail.com

ARTattack: Teen Night Out

This show-stopping teen-only night comes equipped with a tight DJ set, drop-in art activities and free admission to the SAM Permanent Collection and Special Exhibition galleries. The SAM Teen Advisory Group (TAG) makes sure that ARTattack is a program created by teens for teens.


Cost: Free
Contact: Nate Herth
Phone: (206) 626-0434
E-Mail: nateh@seattleartmuseum.org

Teen Tix is a revolutionary arts access program for teenagers. Any teenager (13-18 years old) can sign up for a freeTeen Tix pass. With their passes, members can attend performances, exhibits and events at any of our 26 participating arts venues for just $5. Our partner venues include many of the Seattle area's preeminent arts-presenting organizations, including Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Experience Music Project, ACT Theatre, Seattle International Film Festival, and Seattle Opera. Through Teen Tix, teenagers are also able to access arts classes and special events, meet artists, write reviews, and more.


Cost: Free membership; $5 tickets
Contact: Pete Rush
Phone: (206) 233-2608
E-Mail: pete.rush@seattle.gov

This televised variety show films every fist Wednesday of the month, and regularly features young performers! All genres of performance are acceptable, the act should be 3-6 min in length, and well-rehearsed. Beginners welcome! We're looking for people with passion, diversity and fun! It's a great experience and all performers receive a 4-camera promotional video and copy of the show on DVD


Cost: Free
Contact: Kevin Joyce
Phone: (206) 463-0002
E-Mail: kevin@en-joyproductions.com

Seattle Music Partners provides after-school music lessons to elementary and middle school students in underserved communities. Our mission is to help children learn to play instruments and read music. To attain this goal, we recruit accomplished high school and college-aged musicians to volunteer to work with our students. Lessons are taught on a weekly basis in one-on-one pairings or in small groups, and instruments are loaned when needed. Students perform in several recitals each year, showcasing their new skills and gaining valuable performance experience. In addition, SMP works with area arts organizations to bring nationally known musicians into the schools and to arrange for field trips to music performances.


Cost: Free
Contact: Scott Gelband, Ex. Dir.
Phone: (206) 409-2535

Seattle Musical Theatre offers SPS students two Jane Eyre tickets for the price of one. Please mention this offer at the box office when purchasing tickets. More information and a study guide to the performance are available at www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org.


Cost: $12.50
Contact: Box Office
Phone: (206) 363-2809

Seattle Public Theater at the Greenlake Bathhouse presents

Mid-Winter Break Drama Camps, February 17-20 (Tuesday - Friday). Chase away the winter blues with a little theater! Camps available for kids from 5-18.




Cost: $120
Contact: Shana Bestock
Phone: (206) 523-1370
E-Mail: shanab@seattlepublictheater.org

The DANCE This Summer Training Intensive is an opportunity for young dancers (ages 13-21) at all levels to immerse themselves in dance over the course of two weeks. Students will be exposed to a wide range of dance styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere. Instruction includes ballet, modern, jazz, Afro-Latin, African, hip-hop and special workshops.


Cost: $275 if register before May 20th; $300 after May 20th
Contact: Annenelia Bach
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1123
E-Mail: annieb@stgpresents.org

Free tickets to the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra's Benaroya Hall subscription series are available to instrumental music students and teachers.


Cost: Free
Contact: John Empey
Phone: 206-362-2300
E-Mail: boxoffice@syso.org

Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio is a year-round instructional program for theatre artists of all ages and experience levels. As we are devoted to the wholeness of the artist, our goal is to create a nurturing environment to help the actor develop his or her unique gifts.






Cost: Varies
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206)781-9705
E-Mail: Studio@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio is a year-round instructional program for theatre artists of all ages and experience levels. As we are devoted to the wholeness of the artist, our goal is to create a nurturing environment to help the actor develop his or her unique gifts.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

If you're a high school student with a passion for performing, you won't want to miss our Fridays at The 5th theater workshops. Each workshop is led by the show's creative team. You'll learn performance techniques, insider secrets, and more. A pizza dinner and a ticket to that evening's performance complete this incredible experience.


Cost: $20
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

If you're a high school student with a passion for performing, you won't want to miss our Fridays at The 5th theater workshops. Each workshop is led by the show's creative team. You'll learn performance techniques, insider secrets, and more. A pizza dinner and a ticket to that evening's performance complete this incredible experience.


Cost: $20
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

If you're a high school student with a passion for performing, you won't want to miss our Fridays at The 5th theater workshops. Each workshop is led by the show's creative team. You'll learn performance techniques, insider secrets, and more. A pizza dinner and a ticket to that evening's performance complete this incredible experience.


Cost: $20
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

NFFTY (pronounced nifty) showcases work by filmmakers 22 and under from across the U.S. and the world. It includes film screenings, workshops, youth concerts, & opportunities for young filmmakers to network with each other as well as with industry professionals. It is unique in bringing very young (elementary age) to college age filmmakers together for cross mentoring, and bringing youth-made films to audiences of all ages. Films with environmental, peace, and social justice themes are given special recognition.


Cost: General admission, $8
Contact: Kathy Reichgerdt
Phone: (206) 905-8400 x4
E-Mail: kathy@nffty.org

Have you heard? Vera and KEXP now offer you their podcasting expertise in a 5-week course for only $50. Scholarships are available, if needed please ask!

Apply online at www.theveraproject.org, and send any questions to podcasting@theveraproject.org.

Spread the word about the music and issues you care about.


Cost: $50
Contact: Josh Powell, Program Director
Phone: (206) 956-8372
E-Mail: joshp@theveraproject.org

Sequential series of free photography classes in both black and white film and digital photography. Students work with teaching artists and mentors to develop serious photography skills with which to explore and comment upon their world.


Cost: Free
Contact: Brett Jelinek
Phone: (206) 407-2121
E-Mail: brettj@youthinfocus.org

ACT Theatre and Rainier Valley Youth Theatre are excited to announce the release of their 2nd PLAY Anthology, published by Whit Press. Play: an Anthology of Student Plays 2007/2008 features some of the most engaging and powerful voices from our Young Playwrights Programs. ACT is offering these anthologies at a discounted rate in order to get them into as many schools as possible. For more information email Kristina Sutherland, Education Associate ACT Theatre at kristina.sutherland@acttheatre.org


Cost: $15 per anthology
Contact: Kristina Sutherland
Phone: (206) 292-7660 ext 1338
E-Mail: kristina.sutherland@acttheatre.org

Centrum's programs provide young artists the variety and depth of experience in the arts needed to meet today's learning objectives. Centrum provides a completely hands-on experience outside the traditional classroom.

The model for our elementary and middle school programs is to have artists and scientists, engaged in the most current cultural issues of our times, mentor young people in grades 5-8, as well as the teachers and adult chaperones who accompany them. Teachers who attend as chaperones receive 30 clock hours for a week-long program. Students in grades 9-12 come to Centrum without chaperones.

Centrum is a non-profit, artist-centered organization with a 35-year partnership with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).


Cost: $440-$695
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

This is a one of a kind opportunity for your students to be enlightened by the magic of dance. Next Stage's veteran dancers bring not just the physical beauty of dance to the stage, but the exceptional quality of performance with which only a mature dancer can ignite the stage. This workshop performance is only one hour in length and will include some participation from your students (no dancing required!). There will also be a question and answer period at the end of the performance.




Cost: $2/student for performances at Dance Fremont!, $3/student for performances at school
Contact: Dominique Gabella and Sylvie Lietart
Phone: (206) 633-0812 ext. #3
E-Mail: info@nextstagedance.org

PNB is currently seeking schools that are interested in participating in DISCOVER DANCE, an intensive dance residency program. Qualified schools and classrooms will participate in 3-week residency pilots with an option to complete a 3-5 month program the following school year.


Cost: Free
Contact: Kayti Bouljon
Phone: (206) 441-2432
E-Mail: kayti@pnb.org

Pacific Northwest Ballet's DanceChance program strives to partner with elementary schools to discover talented students. Third graders who display the physical ability to become professional dancers are provided with free classical ballet training, allowing them the opportunity they might otherwise not have to pursue a professional career. Selected students receive full tuition scholarships, transportation, dance attire and tickets to PNB performances. DanceChance strives to enhance children's confidence, discipline and sense of achievement through classical ballet training.



Partner schools are selected based on their percentage of students on subsidized lunches, ethnic diversity, and commitment level of the school. Applications for schools interested in partnering for the 2009-2010 program are due on May 1, 2009




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer McLain
Phone: (206) 441-2435 ext. 3516
E-Mail: dancechance@pnb.org

Writers in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures inspires young people to discover and develop their authentic writing and performance voices. Through working with professional, published creative writers, students are empowered to tell their own stories. Writers-in-residence provide a meaningful real-life mentor for every student from the motivated learner to the reluctant writer and for each teacher. The residencies are woven into the school day, thus reaching students who might never elect to attend an after-school program in creative writing. Through WITS, students become authors of their own lives.






Cost: $6,000
Contact: Rebecca Hoogs
Phone: (206) 621-2230, ext. 18
E-Mail: rhoogs@lectures.org

It is time to prepare for this year's Seattle Symphony Arts in Education concerts! These concerts will feature Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins with student soloists. Reservations will be accepted as they are received; once all seats are filled, requests will be placed on a waiting list. Concerts last 45 minutes.




Cost: No cost for tickets
Contact: Thomasina Adams
Phone: (206) 336-6650
E-Mail: thomasina.adams@seattlesymphony.org

In this play for school assemblies about bullying prevention, students will follow along with Alexander, a 5th grader who imagines he's a medieval knight who has to rescue a princess from a dragon. While he's battling make-believe foes, he and the students learn some important lessons about bullying prevention and social skills along the way. This play was guided by Committee for Children's curriculum on bullying prevention.


Cost: $550 for first performance; $250 for second performance (Same play, same day, same location). Classroom visits and workshops are $100 per hour. A travel fee is added for all destinations.
Contact: Josiah Wallace
Phone: (206) 529-3669
E-Mail: touring@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre's Road Company teaches children at schools through the Pacific Northwest important social skills in "Camp Super Friend," a play about forming friendships and appreciating differences. Students will learn about starting a conversation, joining a group, showing respect for others, bullying prevention, teamwork and more.




Cost: $550 for first performance; $250 for second performance (Same play, same day, same location). Classroom visits and workshops are $100 per hour. A travel fee is added for all destinations.
Contact: Josiah Wallace
Phone: (206) 529-3669
E-Mail: touring@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre's Road Company teaches students about the dangers of cyber bullying in "New Girl," a play that looks at the consequences of our actions and the need to treat everyone with kindness and respect. Guided by Committee for Children's violence prevention curriculum, this play examines the various forms of bullying and harassment, both subtle and overt; explores the dangers of cliques; and teaches students to understand understand personal and social responsibility.


Cost: $550 for first performance; $250 for second performance (Same play, same day, same location). Classroom visits and workshops are $100 per hour. A travel fee is added for all destinations.
Contact: Josiah Wallace
Phone: (206) 529-3669
E-Mail: touring@taproottheatre.org

A new musical exploring the story of the Mercer Girls who were recruited by University of Washington President Asa Shinn Mercer and sailed to the Puget Sound area from the East Coast to work as teachers and to increase the population of women in the Washington Territory. The women were full of hope and aspiration, but life in the new city was often difficult. This original musical follows the journey of the Mercer Girls and their experiences in the fast growing town of Seattle.


Cost: $600 for one performance, $800 for two performances
Contact: Amanda Morris
Phone: (206) 625-1418 x744
E-Mail: amorris@5thavenue.org

During the 2008-09 season, artists from the International Chamber Music Series and the World Dance Series, including The Jupiter Quartet, Marian Anderson String Quartet, and Afro-contemporary dancers of Compagnie La Calebasse, are available to visit schools, performing for and interacting with students.


Cost: Free
Contact: Elizabeth Duffell
Phone: (206) 685-2369
E-Mail: eduffell@u.washington.edu

Youth Theatre Northwest is both a theatre and school, providing a wide range of classes and programs designed to further theatrical learning, initiate creative play and stimulate intrapersonal development for children and young adults ages 3-18. We offer school show performances of all of our 7 plays during the school year. We also offer: Residences, in which the theatre educator explores your curriculum using theatre; After school programs; and Show to Go, which helps your school produce their own school play


Cost: Price depends on nubmer of students and type of program
Contact: Amanda Lee Williams
Phone: (206) 232-4145 ext 106
E-Mail: outreach@youththeatre.org

Coyote Central offers action-packed courses to 5th-8th graders, taught by professionals in professional works settings. Participants have fun and learn lots of creative, technical, and problem-solving skills as they become photographers, hot glass artists, welders, pastry chefs, cartoon animators, debaters, painters, and much more.


Cost: $225-$250
Contact: Coyote Central
Phone: (206) 323-7276
E-Mail: info@coyotecentral.org

Join Seattle-based harpist Maxine Eilander, one of the world's leading specialists in Renaissance and Baroque harps, in a performance on three different historical instruments. The concert features works by Mudarra, De Huete, Trabaci, Frescobaldi, C.P.E. Bach, and others.



These performances, about an hour in length, are an enjoyable and affordable way for music lovers of all ages to explore music of all kinds.


Cost: $10 general, $5 seniors/under 25
Contact: Kris Kwapis
Phone: (206) 325-7066
E-Mail: kris@earlymusicguild.org

Music of Remembrance's mission is to remember Holocaust musicians and their art. In this program, Paul Schoenfield?s poignant "Ghetto Songs" features the poetry of the famed "Krakow troubadour" Mordecai Gebirtig who was shot to death in the Krakow Ghetto at age 65. Also, America was a haven for many important artists fleeing the Holocaust. Émigré musicians, such as composers Ernest Bloch and Erich Korngold, whose works we'll hear, have had influential roles in shaping American musical life.


Cost: Free
Contact: Mina Miller, Artistic Director & President
Phone: (206) 365-7770
E-Mail: info@musicofremembrance.org

Music of Remembrance presents the world premiere of a new commission from Betty Olivero, "Kolo't" (Voices) a work that gives musical witness through poems and texts by Primo Levi and Paul Celan. Spectrum Dance Theater's Donald Byrd has choreographed a new dance for "The Wind," a captivating work by Franz Schreker, one of the composers banned by the Nazis. We also celebrate Cosmic Spring, written in the Kovno Ghetto by little-known German composer Edwin Geist, who was shot to death by the Gestapo in 1942.


Cost: $36
Contact: Mina Miller, Artistic Director & President
Phone: (206) 365-7770
E-Mail: info@musicofremembrance.org

Wrap up the lunar New Year celebrations by sharing China's rich culture in this performance filled with delightful acrobatics and humor. 6th generation puppeteer, Yang Xie Zheng, and 2nd generation puppeteer, Dmitri Carter, revive traditional Chinese hand-puppet vignettes of dancers, jugglers, the comical Pigsy character and a foolish monkey's day of fishing!


Cost: regular $7, scholarship $4
Contact: Heather Carter
Phone: (206) 523-2579
E-Mail: info@nwpuppet.org

This Downtown Seattle walking tour is designed for family groups, with children ages 5 and up. The Family Tour is one of several youth programs available with the Seattle Architecture Foundation, and it is our only tour geared towards children. The tour is activity driven and interactive. Tour guides ask questions to promote critical thinking. As families learn about design, they begin to see the city in a new way.






Cost: $5 children and $10 for adults
Contact: Tracy Vicory-Rosenquest
Phone: (206) 667-9184
E-Mail: tracy@seattlearchitecture.org

Family Fun at SAM Downtown

Second Saturday of select months, 10 a.m.- noon

Family Fun lives up to its name. Make art, enjoy special performances and take kid-inspired tours of SAM galleries! Designed for kids 12 and under and their parents/guardians. Free with museum admission. Check themes, activities and Register online at seattleartmuseum.org.




Cost: Free
Contact: Nate Herth
Phone: (206) 626-0434
E-Mail: nateh@seattleartmuseum.org

Seattle Children's Theatre Education Programs presents 7 plays with student actors (grade 4+). Students auditions begin in March for: Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, High School Hamlet II: A Midsummer Night's Macbeth, Once on This Island Jr., Romeo & Juliet, and legendary musical RENT: School Edition.



We offer audition workshops for students wanting to learn and practice audition technique.


Cost: $480-$520
Contact: Drama School
Phone: (206) 443-0807 x1186
E-Mail: dramaschool@sct.org

Seattle Children's Theatre offers 200+ classes and camps during summer 2009! Theatre education for students age 3.5 - 21. We offer creative drama, acting classes, performance programs, and partnerships with EMP|SFM, PSC, Woodland Park Zoo, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Jet City Improv.


Cost: Starting at $70.00
Contact: SCT Education Programs
Phone: (206) 443-0807 x1186
E-Mail: dramaschool@sct.org

The Little Foxes showcases the work of the Seattle Public Theater's Youth Program particpantes ages 14-18. Come see a taut amd delicious drama of the corrupting power of wealth on a family.




Cost: Free
Contact: Shana Bestock
Phone: (206) 523-1370
E-Mail: boxoffice@seattlepublictheater.org

Seattle Public Theater at the Greenlake Bathhouse presents

Spring Break Drama Camps. Get into the swing of spring with some wonderful theater!




Cost: $135
Contact: Shana Bestock
Phone: (206) 524-1300
E-Mail: shanab@seattlepublictheater.org

Seattle Public Theater Youth program presents The Shakespeare Stealer starring the youth ages 10-14. Come see a show filled with action, comedy and suspenseful adventure!


Cost: Free
Contact: Shana Bestock
Phone: (206) 523-1370
E-Mail: boxoffice@seattlepublictheater.org

The award-winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra SRJO presents another of its highly popular "Jazz4Kids Concerts" in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall. The SRJO's Jazz4Kids Concerts are one-hour matinee performances in fine concert halls. These concerts include a hands-on instrument display, instrument demonstrations, and questions from the audience for artistic directors Clarence Acox and Michael Brockman.

Tickets for the Jazz4Kids concert are provided free to all kids, high school age and younger, plus any parents, grandparents, teachers, or youth group leaders accompanying them. Ticket blocks are also available to schools and community youth groups. While all tickets are provided at no charge, it is highly recommended that everyone interested obtain tickets in advance to ensure seating.



The concert will last one hour, with no intermission and will include piece selected from main stage concerts that the SRJO is presenting all weekend (note: special guest Toshiko Akiyoshi does not appear in the Jazz4Kids concert).



This event is presented with special assistance from the Norcliffe Foundation and the Glaser Foundation.






Cost: Free
Contact: Nicole Barnes
Phone: (206) 523-6159
E-Mail: nicolebarnes@srjo.org

The DANCE This Youth Matinee brings together teen performers from diverse communities for collaboration and to share their culture through the art of dance. The performance features young local dancers in collaboration with professional artists performing cross cultural dances, both traditionally rooted and contemporary in form.


Cost: $5 per seat
Contact: Claire Connell
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1127
E-Mail: studentprograms@stgpresents.org

In this three-part family workshop, children and parents will explore the African continent through mask-making, song, dance, and theatre.


Cost: $40 per adult/child pair; $5 for each additional child; additional parent no charge
Contact: Liz Young
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1171
E-Mail: lizy@stgpresents.org-

The 5th Avenue Theatre's Producing Artistic Director, David Armstrong, leads guest speakers and performers through an intriguing mix of song, dance, interviews, video clips, and more. Get acquainted with creative teams and casts of "Hello Dolly" and "Sunday in the Park with George", and learn about the technical wizardry involved. Discover the history and significance of a show, and the social issues surrounding it, sparking your interest in future performances while enriching your knowledge of American musical theater.






Cost: Free
Contact: Lonnie Angle
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: devo@5thavenue.org