Tampa, Fla. – Applications for the Straz Center’s 2019-2020 Arts Education Partnership Program, now in its 11th year of service, are available online. Application deadline is Friday, April 5, 2019.
The Straz Center seeks to provide high-quality arts learning programs through outreach partnerships. Through this program, the Straz is delivering services at no cost to more than 50 schools and service agencies. Services include sequential performing arts training, teaching artist visits, workshops, master classes and tickets to see study-related performances at the Straz Center. In addition, the Straz Center provides scholarship opportunities for students who wish to pursue further training at the Patel Conservatory.
The application process includes an online application, interview and site visit. Previous partners must reapply to be considered. Selection criteria include, but are not limited to: demonstrated need, student demographics and geographic location.
To complete a Partnership Program application, visit the Arts Education Community Partners page on the Straz Center’s website here. More information is available by calling 813.222.6425 or emailing communityprograms@strazcenter.org.
The Straz Center’s Arts Education Partnerships Program is supported in part by the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, Couch Family Foundation, Hard Rock Heals Foundation, JS Turner Family Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Cy and Joanne Spurlino Foundation, Suncoast Credit Union Foundation, T. Rowe Price Foundation and Triad Foundation.
The accredited Patel Conservatory offers classes in dance, music and theater for students of all ages and experience levels. Each year, the Patel Conservatory and the Straz Center’s arts education programs enrich the lives of more than 50,000 students in our classrooms, on our stages and through the community.
Events, days, dates, times and prices are subject to change without notice.
The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts and its programs are funded in part by the City of Tampa; the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners; the Tourist Development Council/Hillsborough County; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.