Global Education Center

Community outreach programs share the arts of diverse cultures through ongoing classes and workshops for children and adults; cultural presentations; artists residencies; community performances; world music and dance concert series; literary arts series; documentary film series; summer multicultural arts camp for children and youth; after-school and weekend programming for under-served populations including seniors incarcerated youth health-challenged women and teens homeless individuals and families immigrant and refugee families and teens deemed by society to be at-risk. We typically serve around 40,000 people each year. The overall goal of Global Education Center programming is to engage members of our community in art forms from different cultures that reflect the diversity of our community that confront biases dismantle stereotypes dispel myths and alleviate fears while bringing high quality arts to members of the community who are traditionally under-served. This programming helps to create a healthier more inclusive community for all of our citizens.

Global Education Center offers professional development and support for preK-12 educators and for culturally diverse artists through workshops master classes and residencies with visiting artists; multicultural arts integration institutes for teachers and school administrators; professional training workshops for community artists; consultation and mentoring of preK-12 teachers and emerging artists; accessible space for classes rehearsals performances and exhibits; performance and teaching opportunities for artists; and assistance in preparing curriculum guides and school programs serving approximately 300 teachers and 100 artists each year. The overall goal is to provide high quality training in multicultural arts integration for teachers and to bring some of the most talented artists of the world to train local artists and help them increase their repertoires and professionalism. Most of these services are offered free of charge.